July 07, 2008
Texas Execution Stalled Again
LIVINGSTON — A state district judge has signed an order halting the date of the lethal injection execution of Texas's longest-serving death row prisoner, a Dallas television station reported. WFAA-TV reported Lester Bower's July 22, 2008 execution date was stayed by state District Judge Jim Fallon. Fallon's order grants Bower's prolonged request for a court to decide whether cigarette butts and strands of hair found at the murder scene, will undergo DNA testing, the station reported. Read more...Posted by Webmaster at July 7, 2008 12:16 AM
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