The latest on the scheduled execution of a convicted serial killer in Virginia. All times local: 8:25 p.m. Lawyers for convicted serial killer say a federal court judge erred in not granting a last-minute delay of the execution of their client and are asking an appeals court to overturn that decision. Attorneys for Alfredo Prieto filed an emergency motion Thursday about an hour before their client's scheduled 9 p.m. execution at a Virginia prison. In their filing with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Prieto's lawyers argued a federal judge had erred earlier Thursday when he ruled that there were not sufficient legal grounds to delay Prieto's execution over safety concerns about one of...
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