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A letter from Howard Guidry

By "Persian Cowboy"

This is a letter from Howard Guidry that was read today at the Rodney Reed protest in Austin. Rodney Reed is a friend. Rodney Reed is a friend of mine. He is a solid brother who has weathered a decade of racially profiled prosecution. Living in the crushing hands of Texas death row he has not only persevered, he fought tooth and nail the whole way. It is a crime that this man has spent the prime of his life confined to one cage or another fighting a crime he did not commit. His children have become adults without their father and Rodney has become more determined to return to them with each passing day. The Rodney Reed case is a glaring reminder that the ghost of Jim Crow law and mob justice still exist in the state of Texas...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on February 02, 2008 (boomark / email).