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Florida death row inmate seeks stay of execution seeking DNA evidence in 1996 crime
Daniel Conahan Jr. says DNA testing could verify his claim of innocence as Florida prepares its 14th execution this year, his attorneys said.
- Attorneys asked the Supreme Court Monday to stay the execution of Daniel Conahan, scheduled for lethal injection Thursday for the 1996 kidnapping and strangulation of Richard Montgomery.
- Conahan, 72, was sentenced to death for the 1996 killing of Montgomery and has requested DNA testing since March 2025 of evidence collected at the scene to contest his responsibility.
- Gov Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant Aug 11 while the DNA motion was pending; within 24 hours, the state postconviction court denied the motion.
- Conahan does not ask to be declared innocent or released from prison, the filing states, but requests that the Supreme Court stay his imminent execution to review his claims.
- Authorities suspect Conahan of similar homicides committed in the 1990s in Florida, where the state has executed 14 people this year amid the legal battle over his execution.
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Florida death row inmate seeks stay of execution seeking DNA evidence in 1996 crime
Attorneys are asking the Supreme Court to stay the execution of a Florida death row inmate scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday.
·New York, United States
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