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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (22185)	8/15/2001 4:14:38 PM
From: Greta Mc	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Not sure if this has been posted here or discussed, but here it is..... washingtonpost.com Court Stays Beazley Execution _____Special Report_____ • Death Penalty By Michael Graczyk Associated Press Writer Wednesday, August 15, 2001; 3:52 PM HUNTSVILLE, Texas –– The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday granted Napoleon Beazley a stay of execution, hours before he was scheduled to be put to death for killing the father of a federal appeals court judge when he was 17. "Upon due consideration, we grant applicant's request for a stay of execution. We take no action on the application. Applicant is granted a stay of execution pending further orders by this court," the two-page order read. "The applicant presents 10 allegations challenging the validity of his conviction and resulting sentence," the order read. Beazley was scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. CDT Wednesday for killing a 63-year-old man during a carjacking. The case drew international attention because he was a teen-ager at the time of the slaying and the victim's son is a judge on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Beazley was convicted of murdering John Luttig, a prominent businessman whose son, J. Michael Luttig, is on the appeals court in Richmond, Va. Luttig and his wife were returning home to Tyler when the slaying occurred in front of their house. Testimony at Beazley's trial showed he stood in a pool of blood while going through Luttig's pockets, searching for the car keys. He abandoned the car a short distance away after hitting a wall, damaging the vehicle. Beazley also fired at the victim's wife. He missed, but she played dead while her husband lay beside her. "This was a random predatory type act," said Jack Skeen, the district attorney who prosecuted the case. "Clearly, he's an adult under Texas law and the death penalty is certainly appropriate in this case." Death penalty opponents from around the world inundated Skeen with letters and cards protesting the execution. The European Union, through the Belgian Embassy in Washington, urged Gov. Rick Perry to stop the execution. Amnesty International, using the Beazley case as a springboard, issued a report critical of the United States and Texas, in particular, for allowing executions in such cases. Beazley does not deny his role in the murder but has sought a review of his case, including the question of whether the Constitution bars executing people who were under age 18 when they committed their crimes. In Texas, a capital murder committed at age 17 makes an offender eligible for the death penalty. Three Supreme Court justices — Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and David Souter — excused themselves from the case. Luttig's son had either worked for or advised them. Their absence left the court in an unusual deadlock on Beazley's request for a reprieve — three in favor, three against, three not voting. With no majority, Beazley's request to stop his punishment failed. © 2001 The Associated Press