good news next week the state of georgia will execute warren lee hill and intellectually disabled man who is deemed mentally retarded at trial unless the u.s. supreme court steps in and takes up the case but the u.s. supreme court shouldn't have to step in that's because that highest court in the land has already ruled that executing individuals deemed mentally retarded their phrase not line violates the eighth amendment and the it amendments ban on cruel and a new usual punishment however thanks to a very harsh procedural tech technicality in georgia state law that state has managed to work around the supreme court's ruling warren lee hill isn't the first intellectually challenged individual to be on death row in america and he certainly won't be the last everything stays the way it is so it's not time we did away with the death penalty and came up with responsible alternatives to this barbaric practice joining me now is mike farrell actor author and president of death penalty focus mike welcome back to the program thanks john nice to be with you thanks for joining us what are your t

>> reporter: they just denied a stay of execution for warren lee hill. in addition, they denied an appeal from a recent court ruling that found that warren lee hill was not mentally retarded. a short time before the ruling his supporter gagged on the steps -- gathered on the steps of the capital saying it would be a miscarriage of justice for him to be put to death because in 2002 the supreme court ruled it was a violation of the eighth amendment to put to death a person who is mentally retarded. they have evidence from those three doctors who back in he way retarded. here's what one of them said. quote, my judgment that mr. hill did not meet the criteria for mild mental retardation was in error. the doctor going on so say he believes mr. hill has an i.q. of approximately 70. his growing legion of supporters which now includes the family of his victim that he caild back in 1990 and former president jimmy carter are hopeful that one last stop here will commute his sentence of death to life in prison. eric jacob ten is with the georgia counsel on developmen

supreme court has denied a stay of execution for warren lee hill.ill is the convicted murderer set to be executed at this very moment, 7:00 eastern standard time, by lethal injection. he was found guilty of the 1990 killing of joseph hanspike, another inmate in a georgia state prison. hill's defenders argue that his iq of 70 means he should be deemed mentally disabled. they want him declared mentally disabled because of a 2002 supreme court case which barred the execution of mentally disabled inmates. at this moment, though, looks like it's about to go forward and we're going to update you as we learn more. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. tonight, the countdown is on again. we are now just ten days away from washington's latest deadline for forced spending cuts, otherwise known by the distinctly unsexy and misused word, sequester. today, president obama said again something must be done. >> so these cuts are not smart. they are not fair. they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment ro

in spirit news next week the state of georgia will execute warren lee hill and intellectually disabled man who is deemed mentally retarded at trial unless the u.s. supreme court steps in and takes up the case but the u.s. supreme court shouldn't have to step in that's because that highest court in the land has already ruled that executing individuals deemed mentally retarded their phrase not mine violates the eight the men and the it amendments ban on cruel and a new or unusual punishment however thanks to a very harsh procedural tact technicality in georgia state law that state has managed to work around the supreme court's ruling warren lee hill isn't the first intellectually challenged individual to be on death row in america and he certainly won't be the last everything stays the way it is so it's now time we did away with the death penalty and came up with responsible alternatives to this barbaric practice joining me now is mike farrell actor author and president of death penalty focus mike welcome back to the program. thanks don nice to be with you thanks for joining us what are

supreme court has denied a stay of execution for georgia inmate warren lee hill. as one more avenue of appeal, the 11 circuit court. but hill accepted the sedative given before the walk to execution chamber. new budget plan from simpson-bowles. how it fits in with the looming sequester. we will talk about it all with the fox all-stars when we return. great, everybody made it. we all work remotely so this is a big deal, our first full team gathering! i wanted to call on a few people. ashley, ashley marshall... here. since we're often all on the move, ashley suggested we use fedex office to hold packages for us. great job. [ applause ] thank you. and on a protocol note, i'd like to talk to tim hill about his tendency to use all caps in emails. [ shouting ] oh i'm sorry guys. ah sometimes the caps lock gets stuck on my keyboard. hey do you wanna get a drink later? [ male announcer ] hold packages at any fedex office location. i'm here to pick up some cacti. it should be under stephens. the verizon share everything plan for small business. get a shareable pool of data.

warren lee hill had been set to die tuesday night after being convicted in the 1990 killing of a fellow inmate. >>> officials in brussels are looking for eight robbers who pulled off a $50 million diamond heist at the airport. they apparently hid in a construction site outside and then cut through a fence. cars equipped with police lights got them to a plane carrying jewels where they grabbed the diamonds from the cargo hold and took off. >>> dramatic video from italy where mt. etna has had the biggest explosion of the year. sending lava and gas shooting into the air. >>> houston, we have a problem. that's what astronauts aboard the international space station were saying except could hear them. nasa lost control with them for about three hours tuesday and they blame a glitch in the software update. >>> and a professor in science bared all on quantum mechanics. he told the class in order to learn the subject you must, quote, strip to your raw and start over again. and also images of osama bin laden and being stabbed by a sword. officials say they're reviewing the class. >>> in health ne

and it's very easy for somebody to say well i have a reasonable doubt so we have a case of a warren lee hill who has an i.q. of about seventy. facing death for a situation that in no other state in the union today would he be facing death and it's it's. if you look at situations like you know about the case of andre thomas in texas i mean it was plugged both of his eyes as a result of his paranoia and is still looking at death in texas they are the prosecutorial ranks are filled with people who want to win a conviction and win an execution because it somehow makes them passive passed off as as more leaders in their community well that's a sign that we have really trip down a very ugly road and our our our teaching our children as well as teaching each other that human life means nothing with him like in the half a minute or so we have left can you tell us about your group death penalty focus. death only focus is a california based group that it operates across the country opposing the death penalty we came within four percentage points of eliminating death in california and with proposition

. >>> twice convicted murderer warren lee hill has lived to see another day, just hours after he was supposed to be executed in georgia, two courts have granted a stay of execution. one wants more information on his mental state. his lawyers argue he's mentally retarded and has an iq of 70. it's illegal to execute the mentally disabled. >>> and once considered a rising star, former illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. heads to court next hour. he's expected to plead guilty to improperly spending campaign money and we're talking lots of money, three-quarters of a million dollars, not for campaign expenses like flyers and buttons but for a $43,000 rolex watch, $5,000 for fur capes and parkas and nearly $10,000 on children's furniture. lisa sylvester joins us now. good morning, lisa. >> hi, good morning, carol. just about ten minutes or so ago jesse jackson jr. and his wife, sandy, actually arrived here at the courthouse and as you mentioned he is expected in about an hour and a half or so to plead guilty. he faces one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and making fa

warren lee hill a death row inmate who is declared mentally disabled.wednesday, if lance armstrong has any hopes to get it reduced, he has until wednesday to speak underoath. also on wednesday ray nagin going to be arraigned. he is accused of money laundering, of fraud. accepting $200,000 in bribes. so, obviously, wednesday, thursday, friday or thursday, friday, saturday, not a lot going on yet, but you know it will fill up. lots of good stuff, though sunday to watch on tv. first the nascar daytona 500 kicks off in florida. later that night, the 85th academy awards in beverly hills. we want to make sure you knew what was coming up and you can set your calendar accordingly. can't wait, say, maybe for another week for hollywood's biggest award show. i know that people want to see it, you're in luck because nischelle turner got the gem assignment. she got the chance to sit down with all the nominees for a special oscar look ahead. >> this is one of my favorite parts. >> the annual oscar nominee

warren lee hill junior has an iq of 70 which some say should spare him the death penalty under a supremeruling back in 2002 but foirj sets a high stand for proving mental disability and judges before found that hill did not meet that standard. federal and state appeals courts stepped in minutes before the scheduled lethal inspection last night. >>> oscar pistorius will have to wail until tomorrow to find out if he's getting bail. the defense lawyer grilled the investigating officer with new revelation. robyn curnow has the details. >> reporter: more riveting details on what prosecutors say what happened valentine's day morning and counter charges from the defense. according to prosecutors, witnesses heard arguing coming from the pistorius home for an hour before the shooting. the defense saying the witness's house was 300 meters, about 1,000 feet away. on the stand officers said he used a cricket bat to break down the bathroom door. that bat and the cell phone found splattered in blood. the officers said pistorius aimed his gun tu toilet pointing out that he had to turn and fire at an an

so why, you may ask, is a two-time killer named warren lee hill junior, a man with a proven iq of 70,a courts twice found intellectually handicapped by a preponderance of evidence. listen to those words, preponderance of evidence. why is that man headed for lethal injection tomorrow? this is a great an fascinating section for our lawyers. from "in session" on trutv, joey jackson. in 2002 the supreme court said because of their abilities in areas of reasoning x judgment and control of their impulses, mentally disabled people do not act with act with the level of moral culpability that character ices the most serious adult conduct. given what the supreme court said, paul, how is warren hill a condemned man? >> well, you have to say, how can georgia do this. when you look at the underlying case. yeah, you always have to start with the underlying case. he was in prison for having shot his girlfriend. i think he shot her eight times. she was on the ground pleading for her life when he pumped the last bullets into her. he goes to prison and then bludgeons a person in prison with a two by fo

in just a few hours, warren lee hill is scheduled to be executed.is afternoon denied a stay. his lawyers say he's mentally disabled and they want his excuse stopped saying it would violate a 2002 u.s. supreme court ruling. his lawyers point he served in the military, held a job and state courts have ruled against stopping hill eats execution. hill is on death row for killing a fellow inmate while serving a life sentence for murdering an ex-girlfriend. criminal defense attorney drew find ling is on the case with us right now. here is the thing drew. we just said it. the u.s. supreme court says you can't execute somebody is mentally disabled. how did he get on death row? >> he got on death row because of the antiquity of his case. the problem he has now is in 49 states all that his attorneys would have to prove the by a preponderance of the evidence, that it's more likely than not he's mentally retarded. let me say i hate saying mentally retarded instead of intellectually disabled. the problem is georgia is the only state in the united states that req

warren lee hill is scheduled to die today by lethal injection.pt to show hill, who has an iq of 70, is severely mentally disabled and cannot under the u.s. constitution be put to death. georgia is the only state in the nation that requires mental retardation, those words, to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. >>> some interesting legal developments in colorado this morning, a package of four democratic gun control bills cleared the colorado house monday, the plan is heading to the senate, where the vote really could be close. today police in denver public school official also sign an agreement that specifically defines when police officers should step in, and when educators should instead handle problems with students, they're hoping the agreement will cut down on the number of denver students ticketed or arrested in schools. those gun control measures in colorado, a lot of people looking at the state of colorado as a test lab for gun control laws. >> colorado trending from purpose toll blue but emblematic of how far apart the states are moving

. >>> last-minute stay of execution for warren lee hill.jection last night. a federal appeals court stopped the process. he was serving life when he was sentenced to death for killing a fellow inmate. he has an i.q. of 70 and some bhooef he is mentally disabled and constitutionally exempt from constitution. >>> a body found on a rooftop water tank has been identified. 21-year-old alyssa lamb a tourist from canada. she was last seen three weeks ago. her body found last night after people that live in the hotel complained that their water pressure was low. police are not sure if she died accidentally or if there was foul play involved. >> how do you end up with a water tank. >> awful. >>> former illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. in a washington, d.c. courtroom where he is expected to plead to misusing campaign funds. he spent money on personal umes like furniture, clothing, memorabilia and a $43,000 rolex watch. jackson's wife. former chicago alderman, sandra stevens, will plead guilty for filing false tax returns. >>> computers were tar

>> wolf, the supreme court of georgia has denied a stay of execution for warren lee hill, who is scheduledhat because he has an iq of 70, he should be spared under a 2000 decision barring the execution of the mentally disabled, but a number of state courts says he doesn't qualify. >>> and the los angeles police chief says it could take several months or longer before a review of allegations made by ex-cop killer christopher dorner can be investigated. dorner vowed to wage a war against the war to clear his name. he died a week ago in standoff with police. >>> and the monster storm system in the western u.s. is expected to pose a triple threat across the country over the next three days, eventually bringing snow to parts of the southwest, a blizzard to the central plains, and severe storms to texas, louisiana, and arkansas. winter storm conditions are expected in the next 24 hours and portions of california and nevada and colorado. >>> and the los angeles staples center will become a meat-free zone for singer morrissey's upcoming sold-out concert. for the first time, vendors inside and surr