Man facing federal death penalty seeks to halt execution

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for a federal prisoner scheduled to be put to death in December want a federal appeals court to halt his execution so they can interview jurors who heard his case.
Lezmond Mitchell’s attorneys said Tuesday that they filed the request for a stay with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
They argue that Mitchell should be given the opportunity to investigate his concerns about potential racial bias by the jury that heard his case. They say that exe