The U.S. Supreme Court grant­ed a last minute stay for Robin Lovitt, who was sched­uled for exe­cu­tion at 9 PM on Monday (July 11) in Virginia. The Court did not give a rea­son for the stay, but Lovitt stat­ed that he would have been able to show his inno­cence if state offi­cials had not destroyed DNA evi­dence from his case after his tri­al. (See item below post­ed July 8). (Associated Press, July 11, 2005). See also Innocence.

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