Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> StandDown Texas Project

Criminal Law

: StandDown Texas Project

Steve Earle and the Death Penalty

By standdown

UK's Oxford Mail reports, "I buried killer's ashes near city," written by Angela Swann.Rock and country star Steve Earle surprised Oxford fans by telling them he had buried the ashes of a convicted killer near the city. During his packed show at the Carling Academy Oxford, in Cowley Road, on Saturday, the US star said he had visited the city only once before. He explained it was to bury the remains of death row inmate Jonathan Nobles who was executed by lethal injection in 1998. And: The Academy crowd listened in near silence as Earle talked of Nobles, but erupted into a cheer as he explained that the double murderer had wanted to be buried where there was no capital punishment.And: Mr Earle, 53, who wrote music for death row film Dead Man Walking, was a witness at Nobles' execution, which took place in Texas, where the then-governor was George W Bush...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 10, 2008 (boomark / email).