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22-Aug-2008
        
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Last Modified: 22 Aug 2008 Source: PA News A judge has granted a request to delay the execution of a man in Huntsville Prison, Texas who was convicted of being an accomplice to a murder. Jeffery Wood, 35, had been set to be executed on Thursday for taking part in a fatal 1996 convenience store robbery. Wood was outside the store when his roommate shot Kriss Keeran in the face with a .22-calibre pistol in January 1996. Both men then robbed the store. A federal judge granted a request by Wood's attorneys to delay his execution so they could hire a mental health expert to pursue their arguments that he is incompetent to be executed. These news feeds are provided by an independent third party and Channel 4 is not responsible or liable to you for... [read full story]                    

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Associated Press A federal judge on Thursday delayed the execution of a condemned inmate so he can be tested to determine whether he’s mentally competent to understand why he would be put to death. Jeffery Wood had been set to...

                   

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Texas Thursday delayed executing a convicted accomplice in a 1996 homicide so doctors can evaluate his competence to be executed, officials said.Jefferey Wood was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection in Huntsville,...

                   

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Attorneys for [Jeffery] Wood were in the federal courts this week seeking permission to hire mental health experts to pursue their arguments that Wood is incompetent to be executed tonight. Texas courts have turned down Wood’s...

                   

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Thursday, August 21, 2008 :A thirty-five-year-old man on death row in Texas faces execution tonight for a murder he didn't commit. Jeff Wood is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6:00 p.m., unless Governor Rick Perry...

                   

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