Last Minute Stay Of Execution Granted For Roberts
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Convicted murderer Karl Roberts, scheduled to die
tonight by lethal injection, has won a last-minute stay of
execution from a federal judge.
A spokesman for the Attorney General`s office says the state is
filing a motion to lift the stay of execution with the Eighth
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Roberts had not yet taken his case to federal court. His lawyer,
Craig Lambert, made the motion five hours before a scheduled double
execution. Lambert did not immediately return calls for comment.
The stay was granted to Roberts by US District Judge George
Howard Junior in Little Rock.
Attorney General Mike Beebe`s office filed papers opposing
Roberts` request and asked that the execution go forward.
Roberts was scheduled to die as part of a double-execution,
receiving a lethal injection after Charles Singleton.
