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Court declines to block Texas’ execution of Larry Swearingen

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on Aug 21, 2019
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The Supreme Court this evening denied the application for stay of execution and petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Larry Swearingen in the capital case Swearingen v. Texas, 19-5640. Texas executed Swearingen, who was sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of Melissa Trotter, by lethal injection at 6:35 p.m. CDT.

Posted in Capital cases, What's Happening Now

Cases: Swearingen v. Texas

Recommended Citation: Katie Bart, Court declines to block Texas’ execution of Larry Swearingen, SCOTUSblog (Aug. 21, 2019, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2019/08/habeas-corpus-denied-in-swearingen-v-texas/