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Jimmy Fennell to resign after being briefly reinstated

By "Persian Cowboy"

Austin American-Statesman is reporting that Jimmy Fennell who was fired by the George Town Police Department, and then reinstated because of the technical error is planning to resign from the police force.Bob Phillips, Fennell's criminal defense attorney, said Fennell plans to send a letter of resignation to the department today.Earlier this week Austin American-Statesman published an interesting article about Fennell's past wrongdoings, complaints, and how it might affect the case of death-row inmate Rodney Reed. According to the article,Fennell has been accused of being violent multiple times during his career in law enforcement, though he has also been praised by his supervisors for his hard work and reliability. When Fennell joined the Giddings Police Department in 1995, he became part of a department that had often been accused of roughing up suspects...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on January 10, 2008 (boomark / email).