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Three Executions in Three Days in Texas, Starting Today

By "Persian Cowboy"

Texas is set to execute three people in three days starting today, November 17. The first is Gerald Cornelius Eldridge, who is mentally ill and has an IQ of 72. Eldridge, 45, was sentenced to death for the 1993 shooting deaths of his former girlfriend, Cynthia Bogany and her nine-year old daughter Chirissa in Houston. The second is a man named Danielle Simpson, sentenced to death for the murder of 84-year old Geraldine Davidson. On Thursday, Robert Thompson is scheduled for execution. He was convicted and sentenced to death under the Law of Parties, even though it was his accomplice who fired the bullet that killed the victim. The accomplice was sentenced to life. Call Governor Perry at 512 463 1782 to protest these executions or contact Perry by email through his website...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on November 17, 2009 (boomark / email).