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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Ind. Decisions - More on "McManus returns to death row: State reverses ruling"
The ILB has a long list of entries on Paul M. McManus. The most recent quoted from this June 28, 2007 story by Bryan Corbin of the Evansville Courier & Press that began:
An Evansville man convicted of killing his wife and two children is not mentally retarded and therefore is eligible for the death penalty, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.Today Kate Braser of the C&P reports:The state's highest court overturned a lower-court ruling that had declared Paul M. McManus could not be executed because he met the legal standard for mental retardation.
The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from death row inmate Paul McManus.But the decision by the nation's highest court this week does not mark an end to McManus' potential appeals.
Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Stan Levco learned of the decision Monday. He said he was satisfied, but predicted it still will be "many years" until McManus runs out of appeals.
"He does have federal appeals left," Levco said, adding he was not surprised by the court's decision.
"I have thought that is the right decision, but there is still a ways to go," he said.
The decision comes a little more than one year after the Indiana Supreme Court overturned a lower-court ruling that had declared McManus could not be executed because he met the legal standard for mental retardation.
The state court ruled that McManus, of Evansville, is not mentally retarded and therefore is eligible for the death penalty.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 1, 2008 09:40 AM
Posted to Ind. Sup.Ct. Decisions