Morales execution postponed indefinitely
Sentence likely won't be carried out for months because of lethal injection questions
By David Kravets
AP Legal Affairs Writer
First published: Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Last updated: Tuesday, Feb 21, 2006 - 07:44:30 pm PST
SAN FRANCISCO — State officials on Tuesday postponed indefinitely the execution of condemned killer Michael Morales, saying they would be unable to comply with a judge's order that a medical professional administer the lethal injection.
Prison officials called off the execution of Morales, 46, after failing to find a doctor, nurse, or other properly licensed person to deliver a lethal dose of barbiturate, said Vernell Crittendon, a spokesman for San Quentin State Prison.
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Classmates, family members pay tribute at Terri Winchell's grave
By Layla Bohm
News-Sentinel Staff Writer
First published: Monday, February 20, 2006
Last updated: Monday, Feb 20, 2006 - 07:50:46 am PST
Twenty-five years have passed, but for Terri Winchell's classmates and family members who gathered Saturday at her grave site, the memories haven't faded.
They recalled classes at Tokay High School, and some even laughed briefly when they hugged and remembered pranks. But for the class of 1981, Winchell's death became the memory that would follow them through the years.
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