Appeals Court Denies Condemned Va Man's Appeal

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) A federal appeals court has denied a Virginia death row inmate's request to reconsider his case, clearing the way for his execution to be set.

The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday denied 29-year-old Jerry Terrell Jackson's request asking a three-judge panel that ruled on his case last month to reconsider or to allow the full court to hear the case.

A federal judge ruled last spring that Jackson deserved a new hearing because his attorney did not present evidence during his 2002 sentencing of the extreme abuse Jackson faced as a child. Last month a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit overturned that ruling.

Jackson was convicted of raping and killing 88-year-old Ruth Phillips of Williamsburg in 2001.

Source;  http://www2.wsls.com/news/2011/may/20/appeals-court-denies-condemned-va-mans-appeal-ar-1053417/