Supreme Court Stays Va. Execution

[Pirate Smile]

RICHMOND, Va. -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted a stay in the execution of a man convicted of fatally stabbing the manager of a pool hall with a pair of scissors.

Robin Lovitt was scheduled to be executed at 9 p.m. The full court's action was made without comment.

Attorneys for Lovitt, 41, had sought a last-minute appeal from the high court and requested clemency from Gov. Mark R. Warner. Among those fighting the execution are former independent counsel Kenneth Starr.

The stay will remain in place until October, when the full court resumes. The court then either will hear Lovitt's appeal or allow Virginia to proceed with his execution.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/11/AR2005071101051.html

[tk2kewl]

1. seems pretty reasonable

i hope the vote was unanimous

[Warren Stupidity]

2. they tossed the physical evidence after

a scandal involving sloppy testing procedures broke out. Seems they had no room for a bloody scissors that happened to be the key piece of evidence in a capital murder case. Must have been very crowded in the evidence locker. Or perhaps a dna test might have been very embarassing.