Post by thinkinkmesa on Mar 31, 2009 15:49:09 GMT -5
Court delays Hartmann execution
By Associated Press
POSTED: 11:56 a.m. EDT, Mar 31, 2009
A federal appeals court has delayed the April execution of an Akron man who says he is innocent and needs more time to prove his case.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati agreed today to grant a short reprieve to condemned killer Brett Hartmann, scheduled to die April 7.
A three-judge panel of the court says a short delay is appropriate to determine whether Hartmann could successfully pursue a broader federal case that he is innocent.
Hartmann was sentenced to die for the fatal stabbing and mutilation of his 46-year-old girlfriend, Winda Snipes, in Akron's Highland Square neighborhood on Sept. 9, 1997.
www.ohio.com/news/break_news/42193087.html
By Associated Press
POSTED: 11:56 a.m. EDT, Mar 31, 2009
A federal appeals court has delayed the April execution of an Akron man who says he is innocent and needs more time to prove his case.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati agreed today to grant a short reprieve to condemned killer Brett Hartmann, scheduled to die April 7.
A three-judge panel of the court says a short delay is appropriate to determine whether Hartmann could successfully pursue a broader federal case that he is innocent.
Hartmann was sentenced to die for the fatal stabbing and mutilation of his 46-year-old girlfriend, Winda Snipes, in Akron's Highland Square neighborhood on Sept. 9, 1997.
www.ohio.com/news/break_news/42193087.html