Remember that death penalty stay the Nevada Suprem...

Remember that death penalty stay the Nevada Supreme Court ordered last October pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s lethal injection decision? Back then I wrote:

It was a tricky situation, because Castillo himself refused to file any appeals for his execution and was willing to die last night. The ACLU of Nevada decided to go forward anyway…

Tricky no longer – Castillo has decided to join the legal challenge.

Submitted by crazymonk on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 5:00am.

Comments (4)

karma...normalizing.

flea | Wed, 05/07/2008 - 3:57pm

Did the ACLU have any direct contact with Castillo? Did they try to convince him of this at any time?

Jon May | Wed, 05/07/2008 - 4:09pm

I don't think so -- he has his own lawyer.

crazymonk | Wed, 05/07/2008 - 4:18pm

jon, having done so would likely have violated ethics rules. he is represented by counsel and had made his intentions plain - it would've been unethical to visit him, knowing that castillo has a lawyer, and trying to strongarm him in a way that goes against his wishes.

flea | Wed, 05/07/2008 - 4:23pm