Entries tagged with “Jose Antonio Jimenez”
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Aug 14, 2018
Florida Justices Halt Execution as Handwritten Notes Contradict Police Testimony
The Florida Supreme Court has halted the execution of Jose Antonio Jimenez (pictured), scheduled for August 14, 2018. The unanimous one-page order issued by the court on August 10 did not explain the reasons the justices granted the stay. However, Jimenez’s motion for a stay referenced 80 pages of police records that, Jimenez’s lawyer said, had not previously been provided to the defense. Those records — which were part of 1,000 pages of documents turned over to the defense two weeks before the…