William LeCroy Jr. failed to convince the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday to postpone his Sept. 22 execution for a 2001 rape and murder on the grounds that the coronavirus outbreak has recently kept him from meeting with two of his three attorneys.
LeCroy didn’t establish and “indeed, has sworn off” the requirements needed to secure a stay of his execution, Judge Kevin C. Newsom said for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Those requirements include proof of likelihood of success on the merits and of irreparable injury, according to the court’s opinion. Though LeCroy framed his request ...
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