New autoposy urged in botched execution
OKLAHOMA CITY – An attorney for the Oklahoma inmate who died after a botched execution last week says he is seeking a second independent autopsy.
Attorney David Autry said Tuesday he has requested another autopsy be conducted on Clayton Lockett, whose body was sent to Dallas for an independent autopsy, with results expected in eight to 12 weeks.
Lockett writhed on the gurney and moaned during an execution that was halted. He died a short time later from an apparent heart attack.
Attorneys for another Oklahoma inmate who had been scheduled for execution the same night at Lockett have asked for at least a six-month delay pending a review of what went wrong.
Senate nearing vote on Keystone oil pipeline
WASHINGTON –The Senate moved closer to a showdown over the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline Tuesday, as a related energy bill cleared an early procedural hurdle.
Senators voted 79-20 to take up an energy efficiency bill that Keystone supporters want to amend with language authorizing immediate construction of the proposed pipeline from Canada to the United States. Despite the vote, the two parties were still arguing over whether to allow amendments to the measure, including one by Keystone supporters that would end years of delay by the Obama administration on whether to approve the pipeline.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., denied a Republican request for an amendment on the pipeline, but said he was open to a stand-alone vote on a pipeline bill later.
Police want to talk to teenage stowaway
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Police said Tuesday they plan to interview a California teen who stowed away on a Hawaii-bound flight two weeks ago, surviving sub-freezing temperatures in the wheel well of a jetliner as it crossed the Pacific Ocean.
The 15-year-old Somali immigrant flew back to California over the weekend and was being cared for by Santa Clara County Child Protective Services, San Jose police spokesman Albert Morales said.
“There are plans to speak to him,” Morales said.
Law enforcement agents want to question Abdi about how he climbed over a fence at San Jose International Airport and then got into the wheel well of a Boeing 767 and survived the April 20 flight.
Associated Press
