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  • Execution hinges on experts’ words (mass murderer George Banks)

    04/28/2010 6:26:13 PM PDT · by Born Conservative · 6 replies · 484+ views
    Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre PA) | 4/28/2010 | Sheena Delazio
    WILKES-BARRE – For the first time in more than 20 years, convicted mass murderer George Banks returned to Luzerne County on Tuesday. Banks, 67, appeared before Judge Joseph Augello for a third competency hearing to determine if he understands he faces the death penalty as a result of his crimes. In September 1982, Banks shot 13 people, including five of his own children, in Wilkes-Barre and Jenkins Township. It’s apparent the former prison guard and Wilkes-Barre resident has aged. Banks no longer has the dark mustache and black hair he had when he originally appeared in court 27 years ago....
  • George Banks will get new competency hearing (mass murderer;Kids for Cash judge overturned)

    08/29/2009 2:37:01 AM PDT · by Born Conservative · 4 replies · 451+ views
    Times Leader (Wilkes Barre PA) ^ | 8/29/09 | Andrew Seder
    HARRISBURG – The competency of convicted mass murderer George Banks will once again be in the hands of a Luzerne County judge, but not the one who’s now twice had his rulings overturned by the Supreme Court. The state Supreme Court has ordered a new competency hearing for Banks, 67, convicted of fatally shooting 13 people, including five of his own children, in Wilkes-Barre and Jenkins Township on Sept. 25, 1982. He was last scheduled to be executed in December 2004, but a stay was granted after his attorneys filed a motion arguing he was too mentally ill to understand...
  • Banks prosecutors take issue with ruling (defense lawyers authored opinion?)

    10/12/2008 6:18:46 PM PDT · by Born Conservative · 4 replies · 337+ views
    Times Leader (Wilkes Barre, PA) ^ | 10/11/08 | Terrie Morgan-Besecker
    WILKES-BARRE – Prosecutors who are appealing Luzerne County Senior Judge Michael T. Conahan’s ruling that deemed George Banks incompetent to be executed say the opinion the judge entered supporting his decision was actually authored by Banks’ defense attorneys. Conahan The judge’s “wholesale” adoption of the document submitted by the defense is one of two issues Deputy Attorney General Jennifer Buck cites in asking the state Supreme Court to overturn the decision. At issue is a document titled “determination of competency” that the defense submitted following a three-day competency hearing held in August at the state Correctional Institution at Graterford. Buck...
  • Killer gets new lease on life (stay of execution)

    12/02/2004 3:50:22 AM PST · by Born Conservative · 4 replies · 604+ views
    Citizen's Voice ^ | 12/2/2004 | Edward Lewis
    George Banks is getting a chance to live a bit longer, thanks to a court ruling Wednesday that puts his execution, originally set for tonight, on hold. A successful appeal to the state Supreme Court will send Banks' case back to Luzerne County Court for an evidentiary hearing to determine his mental capacity and competency, which his defense lawyers hope will spare him from ever being put to death. The high court ordered that the hearing be held "expeditiously." "This is exactly what we were looking for," said Banks' defense lawyer Albert J. Flora Jr. "It was obviously very close...
  • No pardon for Banks, Rendell says (mass murderer 22 years ago)

    11/24/2004 5:08:45 AM PST · by Born Conservative · 14 replies · 787+ views
    Times Leader ^ | 11/24/2004 | TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER
    HARRISBURG - Gov. Ed Rendell on Tuesday said he will not intervene to seek a pardon to spare mass murderer George Banks' life if the stay of execution sought by his attorneys is not granted by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Speaking at a news conference, Rendell said there might be instances in which he would urge the state's pardon board to seek a pardon for a defendant, but he would not do that in Banks' case. "I will not blindly say that everyone who faces a death sentence should be executed. There may be times when I will take action...
  • Banks' latest date with death set for Dec. 2; appeals loom (SCOTUS case)

    10/06/2004 8:29:46 AM PDT · by Born Conservative · 4 replies · 310+ views
    Times Leader/AP ^ | 10/6/2004 | TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER
    Gov. Rendell signs death warrant, but attorney for the mass murderer plans action. HARRISBURG - Gov. Ed Rendell on Tuesday signed a death warrant for mass murderer George Banks. But further appeals by his defense attorneys make it unlikely the execution will go off as scheduled on Dec. 2, one of the attorneys said. Basil Russin, chief public defender for Luzerne County, said there are a number of legal issues the defense team plans to present. He declined to identify them, but said the case most likely will go back to Luzerne County court. The death warrant comes four months...