Jan 26 2009
Texas Death Row Inmate Granted Stay of Execution – DNA Could Prove His Innocence
The Innocence Project reports that Texas Death Row inmate, Larry Swearingen, has been granted a stay of execution. Swearingen was scheduled to die by lethal injection tomorrow in Huntsville, Texas.
The Innocence Project reports on their blog that:
The federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today granted Texas death row inmate Larry Swearingen a stay of execution just one day before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection. There will now be time to conduct the critical DNA testing that could prove Swearingen’s innocence or guilt – and possibly identify the real perpetrator of the crime.
Swearingen has spent eight years on Texas death row for a murder he says he didn’t commit, and the Innocence Project has been working with his attorneys to seek a stay so testing could be conducted.
For more information about the Swearingen case, click here.