Death row inmate to be executed by lethal injection despite claim of innocence: ‘We’d all like ...
A death row inmate is set to be executed by lethal injection for the abduction, rape and murder of a college student, despite his repeated claims of innocence. Prosecutors said they stand behind the “mountain of evidence” used to convict Swearingen in 2000. James Rytting, Swearingen’s attorney, said he would ask the US Supreme Court to halt the execution. He argued lower courts “have failed to take into account the considerable amount of evidence of innocence”. Swearingen, who is also represented by the Innocence Project, has previously ...
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