Execution date is still pending 01-18-2011

A GRENADA MAN'S EXECUTION DATE IS STILL PENDING. FREDERICK BELL HAS BEEN HOUSED ON DEATH ROW AT PARCHMAN FOR TWO DECADES.  THE PROPOSED DECEMBER 29 EXECUTION DATE OF BELL HAS COME AND GONE.  HE WAS CONVICTED IN 1993 FOR THE MURDER OF ROBERT BELL DURING A ROBBERY AT SPARKS STOP AND GO IN GORE SPRINGS IN 1991. THE TWO BELLS ARE NOT RELATED.  BELL FILED A POST CONVICTION PETITION WHICH FOCUSED ON THE CLAIMS OF HIS INNOCENCE, HIS MENTAL STATUS, POSSIBLE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN JURY SELECTION AND INEFFECTIVE TRIAL COUNSEL.  THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE RESPONDED TO THE PETITION BUT THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT HAS YET TO ADDRESS THE MATTER.