Henry Postpones Gilson Execution

Governor Henry today postponed the execution of Donald Gilson while he considers the Pardon and Parole Board's recommendation that Gilson's sentence be reduced to life in prison without parole.

Gilson was scheduled to die May 5th.

Henry granted the brief stay, he said, to give him more time to review the recommendation. He rescheduled the execution for May 14th.

Gilson was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 8-year-old Shane Coffman, whose body was found in a freezer in Newalla.

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