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| Death Row inmate allowed to end appeals |
| By Chicago Tribune |
| Published: 05/02/2005 |
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Removing a major hurdle to New England's first execution in 45 years, a Connecticut judge ruled April 22 that serial killer Michael Ross is mentally competent to abandon his Death Row appeals. "Michael Ross, a competent individual, has the right to make this voluntary decision concerning whether to pursue any further appeals regardless of what others may feel about his decision," Superior Court Judge Patrick Clifford wrote. Chief State's Atty. Christopher Morano said the state "will proceed in accordance with today's decision to carry out the sentence." Ross, 45, is scheduled to be die by lethal injection May 11. He has admitted killing and raping eight young women in Connecticut and New York in the early 1980s. |
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