tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516722.post-1138860131925254992006-02-02T00:59:00.000-05:002006-02-02T01:02:11.950-05:00The Baltimore Sun<br />February 2, 2006<br /><br />"A U.S. District Court judge denied Wednesday night a request from death row inmate Vernon Lee Evans Jr. to postpone his scheduled execution, ruling that "it would be an exercise in speculation" to find that Maryland's lethal injection procedure exposes Evans to a substantial and unnecessary risk of pain and suffering. <p> Evans, 56, who could be put to death as soon as Monday for the 1983 contract killings of two Pikesville motel clerks, had challenged the state's execution procedure in a federal lawsuit on the grounds that it violates his constitutional protection against cruel and unusual punishment."<br /></p> <p>Read more <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/crime/bal-evans0201,1,2078776.story?coll=bal-local-headlines">here.</a><br /> </p>Virginia Simmonsnoreply@blogger.com