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| Execution Delay Sought Amid Missing Records |
| By wlrn.org- Dara Kam |
| Published: 01/20/2016 |
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Attorneys for a convicted murderer scheduled to be put to death on St. Patrick's Day are asking the Florida Supreme Court for a stay, arguing that records --- including some stored in an insect-infested shed --- were destroyed. Mark James Asay's case is even more troubling because the Death Row inmate hasn't had a lawyer to represent him in state court for nearly a decade and had no legal representation when Gov. Rick Scott signed the warrant ordering Asay's execution, Asay's new attorney wrote in a motion filed Tuesday. A Jacksonville judge appointed Marty McClain to represent Asay last Wednesday, five days after Scott signed the warrant scheduling Asay's execution for March 17. A circuit judge gave McClain until Jan. 25 --- 12 days after he was appointed to represent Asay --- to file any motions for relief. Read More. |
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