Moody’s office said the Supreme Court should set a new standard that would apply after death warrants are signed. Under such a standard, an inmate seeking a stay would be required to show that arguments aimed at blocking the execution could not have been made earlier.
A new state law lowering the number of jurors required to recommend death sentences has spurred a rash of litigation, triggered conflicting judicial rulings, and infused an additional level of uncertainty in capital cases.
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Barnes, 61, was sentenced to death row in 2007 for the rape and murder of Patricia Miller. He is the fifth person to be executed in the state this year.