Legal Opinion
Crowe v. Donald
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 20, 2008No. 07-15680PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
Samuel David Crowe has moved for a stay of his execution by the State of Georgia, which is scheduled to occur on May 22, 2008, at 7:00 p.m., pending our review of the sua sponte dismissal of Crowe’s complaint that the method for lethal injection employed by Georgia is cruel and unusual punishment. Because Crowe’s complaint is barred by the statute of limitations and the equities do not favor a stay of execution, we deny his motion.
Crowe was sentenced to death on November 18, 1989, after he pleaded guilty to a murder committed on March 2, 1988. We have previously described…
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