Ross Execution Postponed Until Monday; Judge Threatens Lawyer
Update: Here's a transcript of the telephone call in which the Judge threatened to take Ross's lawyer's law license. (hat tip: Todd Bussert and Matthew Berger)
Update: The execution of Michael Ross has been postponed until Monday, while his lawyer, T. Paulding, tries to resolve new allegations of a conflict of interest. More here.
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Michael Ross is out of appeals. The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed today by Ross' father. Ross is scheduled to be killed in two hours, at 2:01 am, ET.
Today, a telephone call between the federal Judge who had granted the stay and lawyers got very ugly, with the Judge threatening to take Ross' lawyer's law license.
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