Death row inmate set for execution by firing squad seek stay from federal
By Jennifer Dobner, APTuesday, June 15, 2010
Condemned inmate set for execution seeks stay
SALT LAKE CITY — A death row inmate set to die by firing squad this week is asking the federal court to block the execution.
Attorneys for Ronnie Lee Gardner filed the request for a stay in Salt Lake City’s U.S. District Court on Monday.
Gardner wants his execution stayed pending the court’s consideration of a civil rights lawsuit he filed last week challenging the commutation hearing process of the Utah Board and Pardons and Parole.
The parole board denied Gardner’s bid for clemency on Monday.
Gardner, who was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 1985, is set for execution on Friday.
The Utah Supreme Court denied an appeal from the two-time convicted killer late Monday. The court says it’s too late for Gardner to challenge his sentence.
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June 16, 2010: 1:30 pm
He FINALLY “expressed remorse for his crime” 25 years later, and now wants a stay of execution so he can appeal for a life sentence versus his death sentence…. how lovely. He needs to die as scheduled without any regard for what HIS wishes are. |
Nancy