On November 28, 1995, the execution of Gary Burris was stayed by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals acting en banc a few hours before it was to have taken place. Thereafter, that court directed a second federal habeas proceeding in the U.S. District Court. The District Court rejected Burris's claims and denied the second petition for writ of habeas corpus. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed.
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