US EditionAttorneys urge U.S. Supreme Court to halt Michael Bell execution in Jacksonville slayings
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, JUL 12 – Michael Bell's attorneys argue recanted witness statements and perjury threats undermine his conviction ahead of his scheduled July 15 execution in Florida, where he would be the eighth executed this year.
- Attorneys filed a 24-page petition at the U.S. Supreme Court on July 15 to halt Michael Bell's scheduled execution in Florida.
- The petition followed the Florida Supreme Court's June 13 rejection of claims citing witness recantations and perjury threats that hindered Bell's defense.
- Bell was convicted in 1995 for fatally shooting Jimmy West and Tamecka Smith in a 1993 Jacksonville revenge killing using an AK-47 he obtained with Ericka Williams.
- Bell's attorneys argue witnesses were dissuaded from testifying by perjury fears, depriving him of crucial evidence, while the Supreme Court petition states witness refusals sabotaged his last opportunity for new evidence.
- If carried out, Bell's execution would be Florida's eighth this year amidst a U.S. total of 25 executions, suggesting continued active use of the death penalty despite legal challenges.
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