AKRON, Ohio -- An appeals court that delayed a death-row inmate's execution scheduled for April has now reversed its decision and lifted a stay. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had said a brief reprieve was appropriate to determine whether Brett Hartmann could succeed with his claim that he did not murder 46-year-old Winda Snipes in 1997.
The court said in a 3-0 decision Friday that Hartmann's argument that DNA testing would prove his innocence is "debatable." Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh said she would move for an execution date from the Ohio Supreme Court. Hartmann has appeals pending in county and federal courts. Prosecutors say Hartmann stabbed Snipes more than 100 times, then had her hands cut off.
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