USLegal Reporter

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stopped the execution of Heliberto Chi. Chi is an inmate from Honduras who was convicted in 2001 for killing a store clerk. His execution was halted last Tuesday in order to allow the Texas state prison system to address questions regarding whether lethal injection constitutes unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment. The move by the Court of Criminal Appeals came after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted to reject a stay for Chi. 

The Texas Defender Service stated that Texas will not likely perform any more executions until the Court of Criminal Appeals rules on the issue.

Source: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5181963.html;

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007_10_03_indexarch.php#4995735310672583854

This entry was posted on Monday, October 8th, 2007 at 8:38 am and is filed under Death Penalty. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.