Draggingtree Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Court stays Texas executionBy Amy Howe on Feb 5, 2015 at 2:00 pm Today the Supreme Court stayed the execution of Lester Leroy Bower, a Texas inmate who had been scheduled to die next week. Nearly thirty-one years ago, Bower was convicted of the deaths of four men in an airplane hangar in Texas. Bower – who has maintained his innocence throughout – filed a petition for certiorari in early September. The Justices first considered his case at their January 9 Conference, but they relisted it three times, prompting Bower to seek a stay this week. Bower’s request for a stay went first to Justice Antonin Scalia, who serves as the Circuit Justice for the geographic region that includes Texas. Scalia referred the request to the full Court, which issued its order today. There were no noted dissents from the order granting the stay, but the order indicated that the stay will automatically end if the Court eventually denies review. In his petition for certiorari, Bower is asking the Court to consider: http://www.scotusblog.com/2015/02/court-stays-texas-execution-for-now/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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