HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Condemned murderer Hubert Michael Jr. is running out of options in the final hours until his scheduled execution Thursday night.
Michael's lawyers hope the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia will reverse at least one of two requests for stays of execution rejected by federal judges in Harrisburg. And there's a possibility, however slim, that they could turn around Wednesday's 4-0 decision by the state Pardons Board not to recommend clemency for Michael.
If his lawyers are unsuccessful, Michael will be put to death by lethal injection in a converted field hospital at Rockview State Prison in Bellefonte for the shooting death of 16-year-old Trista Elizabeth Eng in south-central Pennsylvania in 1993.
The execution is scheduled to take place at 7 p.m.
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