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DNA results come back inconclusive for Florida ex-cop facing execution

James Duckett was granted a rare stay of execution Thursday ahead of his scheduled lethal injection on Tuesday. The state is asking for the stay to be lifted.

James Duckett appears in a photo taken on death row at Union Correctional Institution. A DNA test that he hoped would spare him from execution came back as inconclusive. [ Courtesy of the Death Row Soul Collective ]

Alexa Coultoff is a breaking news and justice reporter. Contact her at acoultoff@tampabay.com.

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DNA results come back inconclusive for Florida ex-cop facing execution

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