Supreme Court stops execution for DNA test

The North Carolina Supreme Court today stayed the execution of a condemned inmate to allow for additional DNA testing that he contended would prove his innocence.

Supreme Court stops execution for DNA test
Wed, 10 May, 2006 - 19:46

The North Carolina Supreme Court today stayed the execution of a condemned inmate to allow for additional DNA testing that he contended would prove his innocence.

Jerry Wayne Conner, 40, was scheduled for execution at 2am (7am Irish Time) on Friday for the 1990 shotgun killings of store clerk Minh Rogers and her 16-year-old daughter, Linda, who was raped.

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