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Murder victims' group writes clemency letter for Jeff Wood

By "Persian Cowboy"

July 16, 2008 The Honorable Rick Perry Governor, State of Texas P.O. Box 12428 Austin, Texas 78711-2428 Ms. Rissie Owens, Chair Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles 8610 Shoal Creek Boulevard Austin, Texas 78757 Re: Jeffrey Wood, TDJC No. 999256 Dear Governor Perry and Chairwoman Owens: Our organization consists of hundreds of family members of murder victims plus thousands of "Friends of MVFR". Many of these members reside in Texas. I write as a representative of all of these good people. We make an urgent plea for you to extend mercy to Jeff Wood by commuting his death sentence. He presently resides on Texas' death row, with the date of 8/21 set for his execution. We do not ordinarily write to state officials in behalf of those on death rows...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on July 18, 2008 (boomark / email).