http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2965654,00.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Gov. Frank O'Bannon
delayed a man's execution to allow for a DNA test
sought by defense attorneys and backed by a
prosecutor and three jurors.
The governor's order Monday for a 60-day stay
allows for testing of blood stains found on Darnell
Williams' clothing after the 1986 shooting of a
Gary couple. Williams was to be executed Friday.
Williams' attorneys say tests could show the blood
was from neither of the two shooting victims,
which would contradict evidence presented at
trial.
The prosecutor who tried the case, Thomas
Vanes, and three jurors who helped convict
Williams also support the DNA testing, a request
twice rejected by the Indiana Supreme Court.
O'Bannon, in office since 1997, had never before
stopped an execution.