A federal judge has blocked Wyoming from holding a new death penalty sentencing hearing for Dale Wayne Eaton until an appeals court rules on his claims.
Proceedings on whether a convicted murderer from Wyoming should get the death penalty have been put on hold, while the state court tries to determine, if he's competent to stand trial again.
A federal judge has set aside two weeks for a hearing on claims by Wyoming's lone death row inmate that he didn't get a fair trial before a jury sentenced him to death nearly ten years ago.
A federal judge said Wednesday he may rule in August on whether to allow lawyers representing Dale Eaton, Wyoming's lone death row inmate, to demand more information from state agencies and others, to support their claim that Eaton did not get a fair trial. Doug Randall has the details. A new study from the University of Colorado suggests the Mountain Pine Beetle outbreak in the west could trigge