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Gregory Wright

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As noted last week, Gregory Wright's execution date was withdrawn and reset to allow time for DNA testing.  The Fort Worth Star-Telegram carried an AP dispatch, "Wright's execution next week moved to October," Friday afternoon.The scheduled execution next week of a homeless man convicted of taking part in the fatal stabbing of a sympathetic Dallas County woman was put off Friday until next month. Gregory Wright, 42, faced lethal injection Tuesday for the 1997 fatal stabbing of Donna Duncan Vick at her home in DeSoto, about 15 miles south of Dallas. The 52-year-old widow regularly ministered to the homeless and had given Wright food, shelter and money. Wright's new date for punishment in Huntsville is Oct. 30, Dallas County assistant district attorney Mike Ware said Friday...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 08, 2008 (boomark / email).