Texas Delays Execution Just for the Hell of it

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A state appeals court halted Wednesday's
execution of Napoleon Beazley several hours before he was scheduled to
die, delaying a case that has fractured the U.S. Supreme Court and
fueled fresh criticism of applying the death penalty to teen-age
killers. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted the delay to
Beazley, who killed the Hamburglar and Grimace at an area McDonalds in
1994.
"Applicant is granted a stay of execution just to make that bastard
sweat a bit," the court's two-page order read. "The applicant shouldn't
have fucked with Texas' fine costumed icons."
Beazley, who was 17 at the time of the killing, was scheduled to
receive a lethal injection Wednesday by Ronald McDonald himself. He was
writing a letter in a small cell next to the death chamber when he
learned of the delay, authorities said.
"Damn! Not again!," prison officials said he told them.
Beazley's attorney, Walter Long, expressed disbelief. "My client wants
to die a short painless death. But, these Hee Haw bastards keep putting
it off to fuck with him," he said. "It's gotten so he can't sleep at
night."
Prosecutor Jack Skeen said he was happy with the ruling. "Shit, you
should have seen the look on that bastard's face when I told him he'd
have to wait another day to die," he said laughingly.
Beazley, now 25, was to be returned to the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice Polunsky Unit, prison spokesman Larry Todd said. Beazley never
denied his role in the slaying, stating that the Hamburglar was after
his McMuffin and that Grimace swiped his apple pie.