Tag: Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

8 Days Left To Live, Orlando Hall’s Attorneys Look For A Legal Loophole To Spare Him From Lethal Injection

TERRE HAUTE, Indiana — Orlando Cordia Hall, who has been sentenced to die — within eight days — for kidnapping and raping high school student Lisa Rene of St. Croix, has filed his third federal habeas corpus petition to appeal one of his convictions. In September 1994, Hall and four others ran a marijuana trafficking […]

Lisa Rene’s Convicted Killer-Rapist Orlando Hall Loses Late Appeal, Condemned To Die In Indiana In 17 Days

TERRE HAUTE, Indiana — A federal prisoner scheduled for execution in just over two weeks for the 1994 kidnapping and murder of a St. Croix teenage girl lost a federal appeal case on Friday. Orlando Cordia Hall, 49, was convicted on multiple charges in the kidnapping, rape and killing of 16-year-old Lisa Rene. A three-judge […]