Posted on 08/28/2020 5:34:30 AM PDT by Red Badger
Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday issued a stay of execution for a man who was set to die Friday for the murder of a 10-year-old girl in 1999.
District Judge Tanya Chutkan halted plans for the execution of Keith Dwayne Nelson, 45, saying the federal government must, by law, have a prescription for the drug it plans to use for the lethal injection.
The U.S. government uses a single drug for its lethal injections -- pentobarbital, a sedative. Chutkan said using the drug without a prescription is a violation of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
"The government got caught taking shortcuts and the district court ruled that they cannot make an end-run around the law," Nelson's attorney, Dale Baich, said. "Here, the government made a choice to use compounded drugs and in so doing was taking a risk that it would violate the FDCA."
The U.S. Department of Justice appealed Chutkan's ruling with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Nelson pleaded guilty to the Oct. 12, 1999, kidnapping, rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl whom he abducted while she was rollerblading in front of her home.
His attorneys argue he was denied effective trial counsel and the jury sentenced him to death without hearing of mitigating circumstances, including his "severe organic brain damage," mental illness, and physical and sexual abuse as a child.
If he's executed Friday, Nelson will be the fifth person put to death by the U.S. government this year. Attorney General William Barr resumed federal executions last month after a 17-year hiatus.
The Bureau of Prisons has carried out the executions of Daniel Lewis Lee (July 14), Wesley Purkey (July 16), Dustin Honken (July 17) and Lezmond Mitchell (Wednesday).
“Aw Geez Not This Sh*t Again”...
Ok, cool, thanks!
Tanya Chutkan is another Barack Obama appointee. Need I say more?
Chutkan needs to be impeached.
She has more compassion for the perp than victims.
I appreciate your POV. I simply have yet to hear any logic that defeats the argument that refusing to vote for a weak R is, objectively, a vote for the treason of Pelosi et al. I believe absolutely that once power is taken by the left it will never be given up again. Therefore, my choice is to vote for the most conservative choice in each race and to use what remains of my right to free expression to convey this to others while not being argumentative or ad hominem. I failed slightly in that last bit by using a bit of unnecessary sarcasm for which I apologize.
“ But I do see the judges point of view, with out a prescription, this guy could be given drugs that may be harmful to him.”
Do they need an Rx for bleach?
Having been found guilty by a jury of your peers you are hereby sentenced to be immediately removed from this court, taken to the nearest public square, and executed by exsanguination. May God have mercy on your sole...
Sorry sir, you’re not healthy enough for us to inject you with drugs to kill you.
Kind of makes me wonder why we use sterilized needles to do the injection - what, he’s gonna get an infection after he’s dead?
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2020/08/27/keith-dwayne-nelson-execution-halted-judge-says-prescription-needed/5642566002/
“Having been found guilty by a jury of your peers you are hereby sentenced to be immediately removed from this court, taken to the nearest public square, and executed by exsanguination. May God have mercy on your sole...”
Oh, yeah. Kind of the Dr. Phibes approach.
Thank you! I hope more on our wonderful forum here will show respect for those with whom they disagree. This is our side, our family, our army, and when the time comes to fight these will be beside us.
As to why to vote for squishy Rethuglicans, I don’t see any #NeverRinos trying to convince people to do that, they just don’t buy the lesser of two evils argument anymore. The burden of proof is not on me. In individual races you could be specific about important single issues state by state, and I believe you could persuade and convince them, but this old saw about us trying to “maintain purity” is a straw man, and an insult.
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