March 20, 2012 Comments Off on Judge rules for state in inmate lawsuit over Playboy
DOVER, Del. — A federal judge says a former Delaware death row inmate can’t get back a Playboy magazine that was seized from him. Robert Gattis claimed in a 2008 lawsuit that officials violated his constitutional rights and prison policy ...
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Read More »January 18, 2012 1 Comment
WILMINGTON, Del. — A killer who had faced execution this week told a judge Wednesday that he agrees to spend the rest of his life in prison and to drop all further legal challenges regarding his murder conviction in return ...
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Read More »January 18, 2012 Comments Off on Judge weighs clemency agreement for Del. killer
WILMINGTON, Del. — A Superior Court judge is holding a hearing to put final approval to Gov. Jack Markell’s decision to commute the death sentence of a man who was facing execution this week for the murder of his former ...
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Read More »January 17, 2012 1 Comment
DOVER, Del. — Delaware Gov. Jack Markell has decided to spare the life of a man who was facing execution this week for the 1990 murder of his former girlfriend. Robert Gattis was scheduled to die by lethal injection Friday ...
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Read More »January 16, 2012 1 Comment
DOVER, Del. — The state Board of Pardons is recommending that Gov. Jack Markell grant clemency to a man facing execution this week for the 1990 murder of his former girlfriend. The state is scheduled to execute Robert Gattis, 49, ...
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Read More »January 9, 2012 Comments Off on Del. panel considers killer’s commutation request
SMYRNA, Del. — A condemned killer scheduled to be executed Jan. 20 asked the Delaware Board of Pardons on Monday to commute his sentence to life in prison. The board met at the state’s maximum security prison in Smyrna to ...
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Read More »January 4, 2012 Comments Off on Delaware judge refuses to delay Jan. 20 execution
WILMINGTON, Del. — A judge on Wednesday refused to delay this month’s execution of a convicted killer whose attorneys are looking to commute his sentence, arguing the courts have never properly considered the abuse the man suffered as a child ...
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Read More »January 3, 2012 Comments Off on Delaware killer facing execution seeks clemency
DOVER, Del. — A convicted killer who faces execution in Delaware later this month has filed a petition for clemency with the state Board of Pardons. Robert Gattis is scheduled to be executed Jan. 20 for the 1990 shooting death ...
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