Posted on 05/29/2007 11:02:35 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
The Supreme Court refused to review the convictions and death sentence Tuesday for serial killer Richard Ramirez, the so-called Night Stalker who killed 13 people in California in the 1980s.
The justices declined without comment to act on Ramirez's appeal. His killing spree terrorized the Los Angeles area in 1984 and 1985. Satanic symbols were left at murder scenes and some victims were forced by the killer to "swear to Satan."
Ramirez, convicted in 1989, is not likely to be executed any time soon. He still has another round of federal appeals to pursue and the state's death penalty has been on hold for the past 15 months on order of a federal judge.
The state recently proposed completing a new execution chamber and requiring more oversight of prison officials in an effort to persuade the judge to allow executions to resume. U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel said the state's lethal injection procedures were cruel and unusual punishment, and asked whether the three-drug formula used was the best option.
More than 650 people are awaiting execution in California, home to the nation's largest death row.
The case is Ramirez v. California, 06-9529.
Ramirez, convicted in 1989, is not likely to be executed any time soon. He still has another round of federal appeals to pursue and the state's death penalty has been on hold for the past 15 months on order of a federal judge.
Incredible. They should take a lesson from Texas.....
Too bad he was convicted in CA.
If had commited these crimes in VA or TX, he would already be wearing a grass tuxedo!!!
The Constitution forbids “cruel and unusual” punishment. Execution by a rifle shot to the head is neither cruel nor unusual, historically, though it is messy.
the federal judge who has delayed the execution has offered his home to the Night Stalker in anticipation of his pardon by future President Clinton.
And they all tell us it is for our own good.
If only our courts would take these things as seriously as they do a sealt belt infraction.
Yep. I’d be the shooter if asked.
He’s way past due for the Tookie treatment.
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