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    Supreme court has not ruled on the final appeal!

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    Governor Perry's replacement already turned him down? I mean he HAS to since Texas law says the Governor can act ONLY if the Board of P&P recommends clemency.

    Considering Buck told POLICE "The bitch deserved it" and admitted he killed her and also an ex-GF said he beat and abused her I don't think his chances are any good!

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    Still nothing!

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    Still the same!

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    Temporary stay granted for Texas death row inmate

    Duane Edward Buck is spending Thursday evening in a holding cell near Texas' execution Chamber, waiting to learn if his death sentence will be carried out over the next few hours.

    Buck is facing a death warrant that calls for his execution Thursday, but the Texas Supreme Court has issued a temporary stay of his sentence while they review his case.

    On Tuesday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended against granting him clemency.

    The ruling was made after Phyllis Taylor, one of Buck's surviving victim's, spoke with the chairwoman of the board earlier in the day.

    Taylor was one of three people shot by Buck in 1995 after an early morning argument. Debra Gardner and Kenneth Butler were killed when Buck returned to Gardner's home with two rifles and opened fire on his victims. According to Texas officials, Buck shot Gardner in front of her daughter, who begged for her mother's life.

    In a statement released after the board's ruling, Buck's attorney, Katherine C. Black, said the recommendation, "fails to recognize what the highest legal officer in the state of Texas has acknowledged: No one should be executed based on a process tainted by considerations of race."

    Black is referring to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who was the state's attorney general in 2000, when he spoke of seven death row inmates, including Buck. Cornyn said he believed the inmates had been unfairly sentenced to death based on testimony that was racially tainted by psychologist Walter Quijano, who repeatedly told juries that black or Hispanic defendants were more likely to commit future crimes.

    Because of that testimony, six of those seven inmates were granted resentencing trials. Buck was not among them.

    "We want to make sure people aren't executed based on the color of their skin," Black said.

    On Monday, Linda Geffin, a former Harris County assistant district attorney who prosecuted Buck, joined Taylor in calling on state officials to stop Buck's execution.

    "The decision as to whether Mr. Buck's execution will go forward now lies squarely with Governor Perry, who has the power to issue a 30-day reprieve, and District Attorney (Patricia) Lykos, who has the power to ask for a withdrawal of the execution date," Black said.

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    Supreme Court halts Texas execution

    The U.S. Supreme Court has halted the execution of a black man convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago after his lawyers contended his sentence was unfair because of a question asked about race during his trial.

    Forty-eight-year-old John Buck was scheduled for lethal injection Thursday evening.

    At issue was a psychologist's testimony that black people were more likely to commit violence.

    A similar request to block the punishment was made to Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Perry is the Republican frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination and his actions have now come under closer scrutiny.

    http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/1...#ixzz1Y4a6qC7C

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    But I just saw this story that the SC granted a stay!

    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/...20107049.shtml

    However it says:

    The Supreme Court has only called for a stay in the execution. It has not yet given Buck a new sentencing trial, which is what his attorneys had sought after his first trial was tainted by unconstitutional testimony about his race.

    Since they didn't give him a new sentencing hearing could Texas just set another execution date?

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    Bucks X still has 40 minutes to be declared

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    I'm sorry that is one hour and 40 minutes!

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    So now what???

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