No Execution Tonight! Florida Supreme Court Says State Cannot Execute James Duckett… For Now

Yeah, and it was surprising to have the Florida Supreme Court step in and place a stay of execution for James Aaron Duckett's defense team to have DNA that's been stored for nearly 40 years now to be tested.

His attorney saying this could exonerate him.

He has maintained his innocence from the beginning.

And so the Supreme Court, the state Supreme Court, stepped in and said, let's get that tested.

Okay.

We were on the edge of our seats last week.

This rarely happens.

It certainly doesn't happen in Florida.

But a court stepped in and said, hey, there's something relevant enough that we think we shouldn't go through with the execution.

So, Rose, we were waiting, standing by last Friday.

They said, we want a status update by 5 o'clock.

Sure enough, they got one by 5 o'clock on Friday, and it didn't really help.

It didn't move the needle one way or another.

Yes,

it was inconclusive.

And so immediately the state then files – A petition to the state Supreme Court saying, OK, we we did what you said.

We put everything on pause.

We got the results and they do not exonerate James Duckett.

He has not been proven to be innocent.

There is no other suspect.

There's no other DNA.

And yes, it's inconclusive, but it also doesn't exonerate.

So we would like to.

go forward with the planned execution for today, March 31st at 6pm.

We would like James Aaron Duckett to die by lethal injection as scheduled.