Stay of execution granted for Pennsylvania man
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July 20, 2009
Pennsylvania: On July 20, 2009, Judge David Cercone issued a stay of execution for a Pennsylvania man scheduled to be executed in September of 2009.
The judge ordered the execution of convicted murderer William Wright be postponed to allow his attorneys have to file an appeal with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. A 2008 request for Wright to have a new trial was denied by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
It will up to the judges of the Third Circuit to review Wright's conviction and to determine if there is enough evidence to grant a new trial.[1]
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