New updates nine days ahead of Duane Owen’s scheduled execution. Owen has filed a Notice of Appeal in the Supreme Court seeking review of the Bradford County court's Final Order.
The 'arduous' nature of death penalty litigation is the reason many states have abolished it. It takes a lot of determination by the particular state officials to carry the executions out. My company did a job for a federal district judge years ago. He told me, "Sentencing someone to death is one thing. Actually carrying it out is another"
The 'arduous' nature of death penalty litigation is the reason many states have abolished it. It takes a lot of determination by the particular state officials to carry the executions out. My company did a job for a federal district judge years ago. He told me, "Sentencing someone to death is one thing. Actually carrying it out is another"