| Media Coverage of Buck Stay |
National MediaNew York Times -- Texas Execution Halted Amid Supreme Court ReviewBy ASSOCIATED PRESS A black man convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago was at least temporarily spared from lethal injection when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review his lawyers' claims that race played an improper role in his sentencing.
The court on Thursday halted the execution for Duane Buck, 48, two hours into a six-hour window when he could have been taken to the death chamber. Texas officials, however, did not move forward with the punishment while legal issues were pending. ...READ MORE The Atlantic -- Supreme Court Stays Execution of Duane Buck in TexasBy Andrew Cohen With hours to go before lethal injection, justices agreed to hear Buck's appeal to the death sentence he was given after a racially tainted trial...READ MORE CBS NEWS.COM -- High court halts Duane Buck's Texas executionBy CBS/AP The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution Thursday of a black man convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago after his lawyers contended his sentence was unfair because of a question asked about race during his trial.
Duane Buck, 48, was spared from lethal injection when the justices, without extensive comment, said they would review an appeal in his case. Two appeals, both related to a psychologist's testimony that black people were more likely to commit violence, were before the court. One was granted; the other was denied...READ MORE CNN -- Texas death-row inmate gets last-minute reprieveBy CNN Wire Service The U.S. Supreme Court has delayed the scheduled execution on an inmate on death row in Texas amid questions about a psychologist who testified that blacks and Hispanics were more likely to commit future crimes...READ MORE BBC News -- Duane Buck Spared Execution by US Supreme CourtThe US Supreme Court has granted a last-minute stay of execution to a double killer whose lawyers argue the case was tainted by race issues. Duane Buck, 48, shot and killed his ex-girlfriend Debra Gardner and Kenneth Butler at her home in Texas in 1995. His legal team said a psychologist who testified that black men were more likely to pose a future public threat could have influenced the sentencing...READ MORE Local MediaNBC 2(Houston) -- Supreme Court Stops Killer's ExecutionBy NBC 2/AP he U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution Thursday of a black man convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago after his lawyers contended his sentence was unfair because of a question asked about race during his trial. Duane Buck, 48, was spared from lethal injection when the justices, without extensive comment, said they would review an appeal in his case. Two appeals, both related to a psychologist's testimony that black people were more likely to commit violence, were before the court. One was granted; the other was denied...READ MORE ABC 13(Houston) -- Supreme Court halts Harris Co. man's executionBy Jessica Willey A Houston man on death row is alive because of a last-minute decision by the United States Supreme Court. The reason for the review by the Supreme Court is a race-related comment made during Duane Buck's trial. Buck has spent 16 years on death row and was back there on Thursday. His execution scheduled for anytime after 6pm was halted when the Supreme Court issued a stay at 7:40pm. His reaction, according to a prison spokesman, "Praise the Lord! I feel good."...READ MORE CBS 11(Houston) -- Supporters rejoice as Supreme Court halts Texas executionBy Rucks Russel Relatives and supporters of a Houston man convicted of a brutal double murder rejoiced after learning his execution had been stayed Thursday night.
"I thank God for this," said a protestor in Huntsville, near the steps of the busiest execution chamber in the country...READ MORE |
