Post by thinkinkmesa on Mar 30, 2009 8:40:22 GMT -5
Death row inmate seeks delay
Published on Monday, Mar 30, 2009
An Akron man scheduled to die next month has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to delay his execution, alleging that a jailhouse informant committed perjury.
Brett Hartmann said a motion filed Friday that he needs time to gather evidence of the alleged perjury and test other evidence he says will prove his innocence.
The motion also asks the court to delay the execution to allow Hartmann time to demonstrate that Ohio's method of lethal injection is unconstitutional. He has said that it would deny him a quick and painless death as required by state law.
The Ohio Supreme Court this month denied an earlier request by Hartmann to delay his execution so he could challenge the state's execution method. Hartmann had asked for that stay to allow time for him to join a lawsuit pending in Franklin County that makes a similar challenge.
Hartmann is scheduled to die April 7 in the slaying of Winda Snipes, 46, in her Highland Square apartment Sept. 9, 1997.
Snipes was beaten, strangled and stabbed or slashed more than 130 times. Her hands were severed — and never found.
Hartmann has maintained his innocence from the beginning.
An Akron man scheduled to die next month has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to delay his execution, alleging that a jailhouse informant committed perjury.
Brett Hartmann said a motion filed Friday that he needs time to gather evidence of the alleged perjury and test other evidence he says will prove his innocence.
The motion also asks the court to delay the execution to allow Hartmann time to demonstrate that Ohio's method of lethal injection is unconstitutional. He has said that it would deny him a quick and painless death as required by state law.
The Ohio Supreme Court this month denied an earlier request by Hartmann to delay his execution so he could challenge the state's execution method. Hartmann had asked for that stay to allow time for him to join a lawsuit pending in Franklin County that makes a similar challenge.
Hartmann is scheduled to die April 7 in the slaying of Winda Snipes, 46, in her Highland Square apartment Sept. 9, 1997.
Snipes was beaten, strangled and stabbed or slashed more than 130 times. Her hands were severed — and never found.
Hartmann has maintained his innocence from the beginning.
www.ohio.com/news/42116482.html
Published on Monday, Mar 30, 2009
An Akron man scheduled to die next month has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to delay his execution, alleging that a jailhouse informant committed perjury.
Brett Hartmann said a motion filed Friday that he needs time to gather evidence of the alleged perjury and test other evidence he says will prove his innocence.
The motion also asks the court to delay the execution to allow Hartmann time to demonstrate that Ohio's method of lethal injection is unconstitutional. He has said that it would deny him a quick and painless death as required by state law.
The Ohio Supreme Court this month denied an earlier request by Hartmann to delay his execution so he could challenge the state's execution method. Hartmann had asked for that stay to allow time for him to join a lawsuit pending in Franklin County that makes a similar challenge.
Hartmann is scheduled to die April 7 in the slaying of Winda Snipes, 46, in her Highland Square apartment Sept. 9, 1997.
Snipes was beaten, strangled and stabbed or slashed more than 130 times. Her hands were severed — and never found.
Hartmann has maintained his innocence from the beginning.
An Akron man scheduled to die next month has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to delay his execution, alleging that a jailhouse informant committed perjury.
Brett Hartmann said a motion filed Friday that he needs time to gather evidence of the alleged perjury and test other evidence he says will prove his innocence.
The motion also asks the court to delay the execution to allow Hartmann time to demonstrate that Ohio's method of lethal injection is unconstitutional. He has said that it would deny him a quick and painless death as required by state law.
The Ohio Supreme Court this month denied an earlier request by Hartmann to delay his execution so he could challenge the state's execution method. Hartmann had asked for that stay to allow time for him to join a lawsuit pending in Franklin County that makes a similar challenge.
Hartmann is scheduled to die April 7 in the slaying of Winda Snipes, 46, in her Highland Square apartment Sept. 9, 1997.
Snipes was beaten, strangled and stabbed or slashed more than 130 times. Her hands were severed — and never found.
Hartmann has maintained his innocence from the beginning.
www.ohio.com/news/42116482.html