MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge has put Alabama's next
scheduled execution on hold. U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins
delayed the scheduled execution of James Harvey Callahan on January
31st until the judge can hold a trial on a lawsuit filed by
Callahan. The inmate's lawsuit claims Alabama's lethal injection
procedures are unconstitutionally cruel.
The judge has not set a trial date for Callahan's lawsuit
because he's awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a similar case
from Kentucky.
Callahan was convicted of capital murder for the kidnapping,
rape and strangulation of a 26-year-old woman in Jacksonville in
1982.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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A federal judge has put Alabama's next execution on hold because the inmate scheduled to die has field a lawsuit claiming Alabama's lethal injectionprocedures are unconstitutionally cruel.
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