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| US Supreme Court considering request of death row inmate |
| By chronicle.augusta.com- Kate Brumback |
| Published: 09/28/2017 |
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ATLANTA — A Georgia inmate whose execution was halted at the 11th-hour after his lawyers argued racism played a “pivotal role in his death sentence” is now waiting to see if the U.S. Supreme Court will take up his case. Keith Leroy Tharpe, known as “Bo,” was set to be put to death at 7 p.m. Tuesday, but the hour came and went as the justices considered his request to stop the execution. Just after 10:30 p.m., the court announced the temporary stay. Tharpe, 59, was convicted of murder and two counts of kidnapping in the September 1990 slaying of his sister-in-law, Jacquelyn Freeman. In interviews with Tharpe’s legal team years later, a white juror in the case freely used the N-word and said his study of the Bible had led him to question “if black people even have souls,” according to court filings. Read More. |
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