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Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 January 2008 02:56 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 22 January 2008 12:28
Prisoners on death row want to know the criminal backgrounds of folks who assist with executions – now that’s a novel way to stop an execution. Not sure what the legal point is, but it sure makes interesting reading.
In papers filed last week in federal court in Kansas City, the lawyers said the executioner’s criminal record, detailed in a front-page story Jan. 13, raises questions about his “temperament and suitability” to help with executions.The newspaper reported that David L. Pinkley, a licensed practical nurse then on probation, worked on Missouri executions and was permitted to join a federal team that executed Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh in Indiana in 2001.