Did Paul Reid get excuted last nite?
2006-06-28 01:32:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
The state was planning back-to-back executions of Alley and Reid, who received seven death sentences for murdering seven people in a string restaurant robberies in 1997.
Reid was granted a stay by another federal judge so a hearing could be held to determine if he is mentally competent to abandon his appeals.
But the state attorney general's office appealed the order to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, which was scheduled to meet Wednesday morning.
The last Tennessee inmate executed was a convicted child rapist and murderer put to death in 2000. Before that, the last execution was by electric chair in 1960.
After Alley's execution, Tennessee now has 102 inmates on death row.
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2006-06-28 01:39:28 · answer #1 · answered by Chainsawmom 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, a Federal Judge granted a stay.
"News Channel 5 Nashville - Jun 27 2:26 PM
Just hours before he was to be put to death, Convicted killer Paul Reid left prison and went to a federal courthouse in Downtown Nashville, and there a federal judge delayed Reid's execution."
2006-06-28 01:39:45 · answer #2 · answered by jeez 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think all the states should follow Texas and Tennessee's example and get some of these people off of Death Row by doing what should have already been done. I understand wanting to make sure they are guilty, but for them to sit there until they die of old age is ridiculous.
2006-06-28 01:48:16 · answer #3 · answered by Nikki R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lets hope so
2006-06-28 01:41:46 · answer #4 · answered by spike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋