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The Case of Bobby Woods

By Steve Hall

The Texas Observer has streaming video of Bobby Woods to complement Renee Feltz' report, "Possibly Retarded Prisoner Faces Execution."When Texas reopens its execution chamber after a Thanksgiving break, the first man set to die may be mentally retarded. A 2002 Supreme Court ruling bans the execution of mentally retarded prisoners. But after years of being represented by a discredited attorney who ruined any chance for an appeal based on his disabilities, the fate of Bobby Wayne Woods rests with the state Board of Pardons and Paroles which can recommend clemency or a reprieve to Gov. Perry. "It's a long shot at best," Woods' attorney Maurie Levin says of the clemency request, "but I think it's very important to do...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 25, 2009 (boomark / email).