Wendy Kelley

Summary

The court granted certiorari and lifted the circuit court's stay of the prisoners' executions because a circuit court lacks jurisdiction to suspend a death sentence, regardless of whether its order is characterized as an injunction or a stay. The court nevertheless stayed the executions itself because the prisoners' constitutional claims were recently ripened, bona fide, and could not be resolved before the scheduled execution date. The court also granted the motion to lodge the supplemental record.