| AP - Va. Inmate's Lawyers Argue Double Jeopardy |
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Associated Press
Monday, July 6, 2009; 4:27 PM Lawyers for a Virginia inmate scheduled to die next week for killing a 16-year-old -- then bragging about it to prosecutors when he thought he couldn't face the death penalty -- are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the execution. Paul Warner Powell's lawyers argue that he was unconstitutionally convicted twice for the 1999 murder and attempted rape of Stacie Reed. |
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