WASHINGTON — Attorneys asked the Supreme Court on Monday to stay the execution of a Florida death row inmate scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday for the 1996 kidnapping and strangulation of a man who was found nude and emasculated.
Daniel Conahan Jr., 72, was sentenced to death for the April 1996 killing of Richard Montgomery. The victim was found in a wooded area in Charlotte County, which was described as what appeared to be a dumping area that contained a lot of trash.
Authorities said Conahan killed Montgomery after paying him to pose for nude photos. Authorities suspect him of similar homicides committed in the 1990s in southwest Florida…