Post by carolinem on Jan 18, 2007 16:39:34 GMT -5
From Tollbells website, with thanks to Abraham Bonowitz
Just a quick follow-up - this sort of info is so rarely provided to
us activists that I thought I would share it....
paz!
--abe
Here is language from the Indiana Supreme Court's order staying Norman Timberlake's execution.
The potential harm in granting Timberlake a stay of execution and later finding out that the Supreme Court's decision in Panetti was inapplicable to Timberlake is minimal compared to the irreparable harm in denying the stay of execution, allowing Timberlake to be executed, and possibly learning a few months later that Timberlake's execution may have violated a new Supreme Court interpretation of the Eighth Amendment to prohibit execution of a class of mentally ill persons that included Timberlake. See Bottoson, 824 So.2d at 122. In short, until Panetti is decided and its effect on Timberlake' s case can be determined, Timberlake's execution should be stayed.
>Paula Sites
>Assistant Executive Director
>Indiana Public Defender Council
>309 W. Washington, Ste. 401
>Indianapolis, IN 46204
>317-232-2490
>Fax 317-232-5524
>psites@iquest. net
>www.in.gov/ pdc
Just a quick follow-up - this sort of info is so rarely provided to
us activists that I thought I would share it....
paz!
--abe
Here is language from the Indiana Supreme Court's order staying Norman Timberlake's execution.
The potential harm in granting Timberlake a stay of execution and later finding out that the Supreme Court's decision in Panetti was inapplicable to Timberlake is minimal compared to the irreparable harm in denying the stay of execution, allowing Timberlake to be executed, and possibly learning a few months later that Timberlake's execution may have violated a new Supreme Court interpretation of the Eighth Amendment to prohibit execution of a class of mentally ill persons that included Timberlake. See Bottoson, 824 So.2d at 122. In short, until Panetti is decided and its effect on Timberlake' s case can be determined, Timberlake's execution should be stayed.
>Paula Sites
>Assistant Executive Director
>Indiana Public Defender Council
>309 W. Washington, Ste. 401
>Indianapolis, IN 46204
>317-232-2490
>Fax 317-232-5524
>psites@iquest. net
>www.in.gov/ pdc