Word: jurek
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other inmates on death rows in 20 states, the big question now is: Who will be next? Jerry Lane Jurek, 22, convicted of the murder of a ten-year-old girl, was scheduled to die in the Texas electric chair last Wednesday. But hours after Gilmore's execution, the Supreme Court delayed Jurek's death until it could consider his appeal. Next up could be Calvin Woodkins, another Texas murderer, scheduled to die on Feb. 10. But that date too is likely to be postponed. The Supreme Court, however, has upheld the death-penalty laws in Texas, Georgia...
...Jerry L. Jurek, convicted of murdering a 12 year old girl, is scheduled to be executed tomorrow before dawn in Texas where appeals for a stay of execution are still pending. A district court judge has ordered that Texas executions can be televised by the news media...