OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state Supreme Court has denied Clallam County’s motion to lift the stay of execution of Darold Ray Stenson.
Judges in two separate courts have imposed stays for Stenson, 56, who was convicted of two counts of aggravated murder for the 1993 slaying of his wife, Denise, and a business partner, Frank Hoerner, at his Clallam County exotic bird farm.
The court had been asked to consider the stay put forth by Clallam County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Williams on Nov. 25 after learning a former inmate had come forward as a possible witness.
In an unanimous ruling today, the high court denied the county’s request to vacate the stay of execution, but allowed the county to renew its effort before a trial court in three months.
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