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The U.S. Supreme Court refused to overturn the state Supreme Court and allow executions to resume in Florida.
State lawyers had taken the step Tuesday of asking the nation's high court to lift stays of execution granted a day earlier by Florida's high court.
In effect, the 6-1 stay issued Monday by the state Supreme Court acts as a moratorium on executions, probably through the summer.
The justices scheduled oral arguments for Aug. 21 on the constitutional challenge to Florida's death penalty law. Whichever side loses the case in the state Supreme Court is sure to challenge the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
State lawyers had taken the step Tuesday of asking the nation's high court to lift stays of execution granted a day earlier by Florida's high court.
In effect, the 6-1 stay issued Monday by the state Supreme Court acts as a moratorium on executions, probably through the summer.
The justices scheduled oral arguments for Aug. 21 on the constitutional challenge to Florida's death penalty law. Whichever side loses the case in the state Supreme Court is sure to challenge the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Associated Press, 10/07/2002)
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