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Updated: 3:14 PM Jul 24, 2008
Execution Scheduled for Thursday Night
RICHMOND & JARRATT, Va. (AP) A man who beat a co-worker to death with a lamp and then claimed Virginia's method of executing prisoners by lethal injection was inhumane is scheduled to die. Posted: 12:21 PM Jul 24, 2008 |
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A man who beat a co-worker to death with a lamp and then claimed Virginia's method of executing prisoners by lethal injection was inhumane is scheduled to die, unless a federal appeals court or the governor give him more time to make his argument.
Christopher Scott Emmett's execution is set for 9 p.m. Thursday at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt.
Earlier this month, a divided panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Emmett's argument that Virginia's use of lethal injection is cruel because of the possibility that paralyzing and heart-stopping drugs could be administered before inmates are rendered unconscious by another drug.
The court ruled that Virginia's methods of administering the lethal drugs were "substantially similar" to those in Kentucky, which were upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in April.
Emmett's lawyers have asked the full court to hear his appeal. They also have asked Gov. Timothy Kaine for clemency.
Authorities say that in 2001, Emmett beat John Fenton Langley to death so he could steal money to buy crack cocaine.
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Life is precious for everyone. A shame one had to die for another one's habit. A shame one has to die this way. A shame one has to die waiting for organ transplantor other tragic event. A shame one has to die at all by the hand of another.
what you sow you will reap..he is reaping what he sowed...i only pray that he has asked god for forgiveness because his after death punishment in the lake of fire is far worst than anything he will have on this earth
I SAY DO EMMETT THE SAME WAY HE DID HIS CO-WORKER!!!!
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