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certs denied: Texas

By cdw

The Associated Press notes: A dozen condemned Texas inmates, including one set to die next week and one of the few women on death row in the state, lost appeals Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court, moving them closer to execution. Including in the dozen denied was Jimmie Urbano Lucero v. Texas. On Monday, the high court declined to take up the case. The justices offered no explanation. The action lets stand decisions by the courts in Texas affirming Mr. Lucero’s death sentence. Lucero was convicted of carrying out the shotgun murder of three of his neighbors in 2003: a husband, wife, and their daughter. Two other children escaped during the attack and testified against Lucero. During the penalty phase of the 2005 trial, the jury was asked to decide whether Lucero should receive punishment of life in prison or a death sentence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on October 06, 2008 (boomark / email).