USA - Florida. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has postponed the execution of Manuel Valle

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has postponed the execution of Manuel Valle until at least Thursday the 8th. This is the second delay in Valle’s execution since Gov. Rick Scott signed a death warrant earlier this summer. The first time (see July 25), the execution was pushed back for a month by the Florida Supreme Court while the courts examined if the new use of a drug in Florida’s lethal injections is safe and effective. On Aug. 23, the Florida Supreme Court approved the Department of Corrections’ new pentobarbital protocol, saying it did not pose a substantial risk of harm to the inmate. The governor rescheduled the execution — originally set for Aug. 2 — for Sept. 6. now it has been postponed again until at least 7 p.m Sept. 8. Valle was convicted of killing police officer Louis Pena in April 1978.