US prisoner escapes execution as deadline passes with appeal pending

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - A prisoner sentenced for murdering a Pentecostal pastor 27 years ago in the southern US state of Alabama was spared death on Thursday (April 11) because final approval for his execution arrived too late.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON - A prisoner sentenced for murdering a Pentecostal pastor 27 years ago in the southern US state of Alabama was spared death on Thursday because final approval for his execution arrived too late.

The death warrant expired at midnight, and the Supreme Court's decision allowing the execution to proceed came only at 2am on Friday, local media reported. Price and an accomplice were found guilty of the December 1991 slaying of Church of Christ pastor Bill Lynn. But the state refused, and Price's lawyer's filed a final legal petition on Thursday presenting a new study supporting their arguments.

 

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