JEFFREY LUNDGREN EXECUTION STAYED

Judge Frost of the US District Ct for Southern Ohio has stayed the October 24 execution of Jeffrey Lundgren and granted his motion to be included in the Ohio lethal-injection challenge case.  No information as to the likelihood of an appeal of today's ruling to the US 6th Circuit Ct of Appeals by the Ohio Attorney General.

Court order is here (14-page pdf).

Earlier posts on previous unsuccessful attempts by Lundgren to intervene in the Ohio lethal-injection challenge case (Cooey v. Taft, 04-1156) here and here.

Additional information on Jeffrey Lundgren is here.