State Pushes Back Serial Killer’s Execution
The state postponed plans to execute a serial killer after he agreed to have his mental competency examined, delaying for at least a month what would be New England’s first execution in 45 years.
The execution was postponed three times last week as new court challenges emerged. It was set for 9 p.m. Monday before being put off again.
Michael Ross, a 45-year-old Cornell University graduate, has confessed to eight murders in Connecticut and New York in the early 1980s. He said last year that he wanted to die to end the pain for the families of his victims.
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