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JAABCAM: I WANT TO LIVE!

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1.) Twenty-six year resident of Death Row John Marek, with attorneys Martin McClain and Linda McDermott. The Governor signed Marek's Death Warrant in late April, and his execution is set for May 13th. The cause is before Judge Weinstein on an Emergency 3.851 Motion, an evidentiary hearing to determine if Marek's co-defendant Raymond Wigley (sentenced to life and later murdered in prison) confessed to other inmates that he was the one who actually strangled the victim. 2.) Because of the active Death Warrant, the Department of Corrections must maintain custody of Marek. Security was as tight as we've ever seen. BSO scanned all visitors going into the courtroom, and specially trained "Level 5" FDC provided escort and guard (pictured above). At one time there were fifteen LEOs in the front of the courtroom, and another ten in the audience (FDC, an Associate Prison Warden, BSO, and FHP)...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on May 06, 2009 (boomark / email).