COOL C GRANTED STAY OF EXECUTION
PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ A Philadelphia judge has granted an emergency stay of execution for Cool C. WCAU-TV reports Cool C was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection yesterday. He was convicted of the October 1996 murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Lauretha Vaird during a bank robbery. It’s his second stay of execution, with the first coming in 2006. Cool C had two rap hits, “Glamorous Life” in 1989 and “Life in the Ghetto” in 1990.
Alwin Marshall-Squire is the Editor-in-Chief of S-Q Publications Inc., overseeing editorial strategy for GTA Weekly, GTA Today, and Vision Newspaper. He leads the publications’ mission to deliver bold, original journalism focused on the people and communities of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, and the global Caribbean diaspora.
Also writes for GTA Weekly and GTA Today.
