Derrick Sean O'Brien, whose execution for the murders of 2...
Derrick Sean O'Brien, whose execution for the murders of 2 teenage girls was blocked recently has been rescheduled for the death chamber on July 11.
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Derrick Sean O'Brien, whose execution for the murders of 2 teenage girls was blocked recently has been rescheduled for the death chamber on July 11.
State District Judge Jan Krocker set the new execution date for O'Brien
O'Brien, 31, originally was set to die on May 16, but the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution.
The appeals court reversed course the next day, voting 5-4 to lift the stay and dismiss O'Brien's claim that Texas' lethal-injection procedure would violate his Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
Ertman and Peña were walking home on the night of June 24, 1993, when they were gang-raped and tortured, then strangled and stomped.
State District Judge Jan Krocker set the new execution date for O'Brien
O'Brien, 31, originally was set to die on May 16, but the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution.
The appeals court reversed course the next day, voting 5-4 to lift the stay and dismiss O'Brien's claim that Texas' lethal-injection procedure would violate his Eighth Amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
Ertman and Peña were walking home on the night of June 24, 1993, when they were gang-raped and tortured, then strangled and stomped.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Houston Chronicle, 25/05/2006)
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