US EditionFlorida Supreme Court halts the execution of police officer convicted of raping and murdering a girl
Execution stayed as DNA testing on victim's evidence could reveal new innocence claims, with results due by March 27, court records show.
- The execution of a former Florida police officer convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl was temporarily halted by the Florida Supreme Court.
- The officer, James Aren Duckett, was sentenced to death in 1988 after being convicted of first-degree murder and sexual battery of 11-year-old Teresa McAbee.
- Duckett had sought DNA testing that he argued could exonerate him, which was granted by a circuit court and is still pending.
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Florida Supreme Court halts the execution of police officer convicted of raping and murdering a girl
The execution of a former Florida police officer convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl has been temporarily halted by the Florida Supreme Court.
Miami, 26 Mar (EFE).- The Florida Supreme Court stopped Thursday the execution scheduled for next Tuesday of James Duckett, an American police officer sentenced to death for murdering and raping an 11-year-old girl in 1987, for a new DNA test that could exculpate him. The unusual order the Court, just five days before the execution, occurs because the defense has asked for a new laboratory analysis, previously not performed, of pubic hair and se…
Florida Supreme Court temporarily pauses the execution of a former police officer convicted of 1987 rape, murder
The majority of the court agreed to the pause as James Aren Duckett awaits postconviction DNA testing, which he claims will "provide newly discovered evidence of his actual innocence," the court motion states.
Florida Supreme Court halts execution of Duckett, former Lake County cop
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday halted the March 31 execution of former Mascotte Police officer James Duckett as his attorneys await ltests of DNA samples that could prove his innocence.
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