At least 30 days until Ross' possible execution

[NewJeffCT]

Reported earlier on WTIC AM 1080, so I do not have a link... but, the expert they had on said it would be at least 30 days before the execution could take place.

Now, if they put him in jail for life with no possibility of parole back in 1988, the victims would have had closure a long time ago instead of the roller coaster ride they've had these past several weeks & years.

[TaleWgnDg]

1. Here's more on the Ross case . . . as of this evening . . . 1/31/05

"Monday, January 31, 2005
"UPDATE ~ First New England execution in 45 years put on hold
"Russell Adkins at 7:40 PM

"(JURIST) Updating an earlier JURIST story, Connecticut has postponed Monday's (January 31, 2005) scheduled execution of convicted serial killer Michael Ross (About.com profile), putting off what would be New England's first execution in 45 years after Ross' attorney filed a motion questioning the killer's competency (JURIST post). The execution is delayed for at least a month after Ross, who had asked an attorney to expedite his death, agreed to an mental evaluation after admitting that he may be mentally incompetent. The rescheduling of the execution will depend upon the results of the competency hearing. Ross, 45, admitted to killing eight women in the 1980s, and last year waived his remaining appeals, seeking to speed up his death and thereby give closure to his victims' families. Before agreeing to the mental evaluation, Ross had fought efforts by his attorneys and his father to have him declared incompetent to waive the appeals, and the execution has been delayed several times in recent weeks. Reuters has more" at
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050131/ts_nm/crime_death_dc_7 .

. . . more at . . . http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2005/01/update-first-new-england-execution-in.php

---

New England is proud of its no death executions for forty-five years. Despite http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=408&invol=238">Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), a U.S. Supreme Court opinion in 1972 that halted death executions in America, New England has been loathe to execute its citizenry.

However, this death row inmate is requesting his own immediate death, and his own attorney and his father are requesting mental insanity/sanity (mental competency) hearing(s). It's ironic but case law in America indicates that the government cannot kill someone who is mentally insane (legal definition), hence the request for hearing(s) to determine whether this death row inmate (Ross) is mentally sane (legal definition) in order for the government to kill him. If (legally) sane = death; if (legally) insane = no death unless, of course, other legal issues may arise that would successfully prevent his death.

See also: DU State/Connecticut forum thread at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=143&topic_id=906 . . . for earlier discussions about Ross.

---

[TaleWgnDg]

2. and, yet, more on Ross . . .

http://www.courttv.com/archive/map/library/capital/special.html

.