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TX is getting soft
sundowner
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I hope this sort of nonsense doesn't continue to be the norm here in The Lone Star State!
Texas appeals court stops scheduled Wednesday execution
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A state appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a triple murderer after attorneys argued jurors should have been allowed to consider his troubled childhood during his sentencing.
"That was the only issue I raised," said defense lawyer Randy Schaffer.
Mark Robertson, 35, whose lengthy criminal history started before he was a teenager, was set for lethal injection Wednesday for the execution-style slaying of Edna Brau.
Robertson received a life sentence for fatally shooting Sean Hill, 19, Brau's grandson, and another life term for killing a convenience store clerk in Dallas 10 days earlier.
Robertson's 1991 trial came during a two-year period before the Texas legislature clarified guidelines regarding jury instructions in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in another Texas case that involved a mentally retarded death row inmate.
Lawyers challenged that conviction, saying jurors should have been allowed to consider his mental retardation as a "special circumstance" when they considered punishment.
from
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/08/19/texas.execution.ap/index.html
". . . let me forget about today until tomorrow"
Texas appeals court stops scheduled Wednesday execution
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A state appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a triple murderer after attorneys argued jurors should have been allowed to consider his troubled childhood during his sentencing.
"That was the only issue I raised," said defense lawyer Randy Schaffer.
Mark Robertson, 35, whose lengthy criminal history started before he was a teenager, was set for lethal injection Wednesday for the execution-style slaying of Edna Brau.
Robertson received a life sentence for fatally shooting Sean Hill, 19, Brau's grandson, and another life term for killing a convenience store clerk in Dallas 10 days earlier.
Robertson's 1991 trial came during a two-year period before the Texas legislature clarified guidelines regarding jury instructions in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in another Texas case that involved a mentally retarded death row inmate.
Lawyers challenged that conviction, saying jurors should have been allowed to consider his mental retardation as a "special circumstance" when they considered punishment.
from
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/08/19/texas.execution.ap/index.html
". . . let me forget about today until tomorrow"