The_RANDy_Corporation
05-16-2001, 11:18 AM
North Carolina Supreme Court OKs Condemned Killer's Clemency Hearing
The Associated Press
Published: May 16, 2001
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The state Supreme Court ruled that clemency hearings for a condemned killer should proceed while the court considers possible conflict-of-interest concerns involving the governor.
Robert Bacon Jr., 41, had been scheduled to die by injection early Friday for fatally stabbing Glennie Clark in Onslow County in 1987.
But a county judge ordered the state Monday to halt the execution, pending a May 24 hearing on a class-action lawsuit. The suit, brought on behalf of death row inmates, including Bacon, argued that Gov. Mike Easley cannot properly consider clemency requests because previously represented the state in death penalty cases when he was attorney general.
The state Supreme Court, which issued its ruling Tuesday, was considering whether to overturn the stay of execution ordered by the county judge.
AP, again (http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAKAXEYSMC.html)
The Associated Press
Published: May 16, 2001
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The state Supreme Court ruled that clemency hearings for a condemned killer should proceed while the court considers possible conflict-of-interest concerns involving the governor.
Robert Bacon Jr., 41, had been scheduled to die by injection early Friday for fatally stabbing Glennie Clark in Onslow County in 1987.
But a county judge ordered the state Monday to halt the execution, pending a May 24 hearing on a class-action lawsuit. The suit, brought on behalf of death row inmates, including Bacon, argued that Gov. Mike Easley cannot properly consider clemency requests because previously represented the state in death penalty cases when he was attorney general.
The state Supreme Court, which issued its ruling Tuesday, was considering whether to overturn the stay of execution ordered by the county judge.
AP, again (http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAKAXEYSMC.html)