Court Report

Board Denies Clemency for Convicted Killer

ATLANTA - A Georgia board has denied a condemned killer's clemency bid, paving the way for him to likely become the nation's first inmate put to death since the U.S. Supreme Court held that lethal injection is constitutional. William Earl Lynd, 53, still has an appeal pending before the Georgia Supreme Court seeking to stay his execution, which is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m. EST. It is unclear when the state's top court will act on that request. Read more...
Posted by Webmaster at May 6, 2008 12:13 AM