The Nation - News from Feb. 24, 1985
Convicted killer Howard Mattheson won a stay of execution from the Supreme Court a little more than 30 hours before he was to die in Louisiana’s electric chair. The justices voted 6 to 2 to give Mattheson, 63, a chance to argue that he was poorly represented at his trial. He was convicted in the 1978 slaying of a 75-year-old receptionist at a beauty salon.
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