US Supreme Court clears way for execution of Orlando Hall
- Date: 20-Nov-2020
- Source: Gulf Today
- Sector:Economy
- Country:Middle East
US Supreme Court clears way for execution of Orlando Hall
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The federal Bureau of Prisons did not immediately respond to a request from a media seeking details.
Earlier in the day, US District Judge Tanya Chutkan had blocked the execution after a federal appeals court issued a divided opinion on Wednesday that found that the Justice Department had violated the law by executing people using the drug pentobarbital without a prescription.
Hall, 49, is the subject of three separate legal battles to delay his execution, in what would be the eighth one carried out this year under the Trump administration after a 17-year hiatus.
If he is executed, Hall would become the second African American to die by lethal injection in recent months.
He was convicted by an all-white jury for his role in the 1994 kidnapping, rape and murder of the 16-year-old sister of two Texas drug dealers whom he suspected had stolen money from him.
Reuters