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Hedayati: In Texas death row case, punishment does not fit crime

By "Persian Cowboy"

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By Hooman Hedayati - Special to the American-StatesmanJeff Wood has an appointment he hopes to miss.On Aug. 24, 2016, at about 6 p.m., the Texas Department of Criminal Justice plans to inject a lethal dose of pentobarbital into Jeff?s veins to stop his heart as punishment for the 1996 murder of Kris Keeran.What makes this execution controversial is that everyone, including law enforcement and the prosecution, agrees that Wood, the driver of the getaway car, did not kill Kris Keeran inside a Kerrville convenient store on the morning of January 2, 1996. In fact, Daniel Reneau, the actual and sole killer of Keeran, was executed for his crime on June 13, 2002.Wood was convicted and sentenced to die under Texas? arcane felony-murder law, more commonly known as the ?the law of parties? ? for his role as an accomplice to a killing, which he had no reason to anticipate...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on July 21, 2016 (boomark / email).