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  • Supreme Court Halts Second Execution in Two Days

    04/05/2011 11:00:45 AM PDT · by Hawk720 · 30 replies · 1+ views
    WSJ.com ^ | 04/05/2011 | NATHAN KOPPEL
    The U.S. Supreme Court granted a last-minute stay of execution for Cleve Foster, a convicted murderer scheduled to die later this afternoon in Texas. The ruling follows the court's decision Monday afternoon to stay the execution of Daniel Cook, a convicted murderer who had been scheduled to die Tuesday in Arizona. Both men raised claims that they had been denied the effective assistance of counsel, and the Supreme Court's back-to-back stays could signal its interest in tackling issues regarding the adequacy of representation, said lawyers for the inmates. "I'm over the moon," said Maurie Levin, who represented Mr. Foster in...