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5th Circuit Grants Reprieve in Texecution of Possible Innocent

By Jeralyn, Section Death Penalty
Posted on Mon Jan 26, 2009 at 01:27:00 PM EST
Tags: Larry Swearingen (all tags)
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Bump and Update: The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a reprieve to Larry Swearingen, set for Texecution Tuesday. More here. [Note: I initially wrote it was a 30 day reprieve. It's for an unlimited time.]

Original Post Jan. 24

Texecution set for Tuesday: Four Pathologists Say He's Innocent

Larry Swearingen is scheduled to be executed in Texas on Tuesday for a murder that four pathologists say he could not have committed. He was in jail at the time of the murder for which he was convicted:

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