Appeals Court Denies Dale Bishop Again

A Mississippi death row inmate who claims lethal injection is unconstitutional because its too painful will be executed Wednesday evening, barring a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: July 22, 2008

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Barring a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme
Court, Dale Leo Bishop will be executed tomorrow (Wednesday) for
participating in the claw hammer beating death of one of his
friends.
The execution is scheduled for 6 p.m. tomorrow at the
Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today (Tuesday) turned
down the second of two requests from Bishop to stop the execution.
The first petition was dismissed Monday.
The 5th Circuit says today that Bishop was trying to argue the
same thing twice -- that his attorney should have done a better
job.
The appeals court says that issue was dismissed once and Bishop
couldn't argue it twice.
Bishop has asked Governor Haley Barbour for clemency. Barbour
isn't likely to do that.

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