Wayne Tompkins Execution Delayed
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Posted: 10:04 AM Oct 7, 2008
Wayne Tompkins Execution Delayed
Supreme Court delays Tompkins execution.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Supreme Court has delayed for three weeks the execution of a man who killed a teenager so the justices can consider a last-ditch appeal.

Wayne Tompkins had been scheduled to die Oct. 28, but the high court Monday issued a stay until Nov. 18.

Tompkins, 51, was convicted of murdering Lisa DeCarr, the 15-year-old daughter of his girlfriend, in March 1983 in Tampa.

Gov. Charlie Crist signed a third death warrant for Tompkins last week.

He also had been scheduled for execution in 1989 and 2001, but he avoided death through previous appeals.

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