This week in Terre Haute there have been federal executions taking place.
With federal executions come lots of court orders.
With court orders come confusion.
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There has been a lot of confusion lately regarding federal executions.
News 10's bri shackelford lets us know the legal side and why we see a lot of stopping and starting taking place.
Constant starting and stopping of federal executions has gone on for the past serveral weeks.
I spoke with the vigo county prosecutor today to help clear up why this back and forth is taking place.
Although he is not involved with the executions.....he helps explain the process.
He also helps explain why there are so many different courts having different rulings.
"if it's denied then the other party is going to try to appeal it and keep try to appeal it to a higher court to see if they can get a higher court to change the lower courts ruling."
Each side wants their case to win.
So taking the case from court to court is the best way to reach a verdict in either sides favor.
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The Supreme Court recently lifted the delay for execution on the ineffective counsel claim.