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Eric Wrinkles on the Oprah Winfrey show

By "Persian Cowboy"

Tomorrow at 4 pm EST, the Oprah Winfrey show will focus on the case of Eric Wrinkles, who was sentenced to death in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, for killing his estranged wife and two of her relatives while he was in a meth-induced psychosis. The show includes interviews with Wrinkles and victims' family members. The show was produced a couple of months ago; on November 3rd, the Indiana Supreme Court set December 11th as Wrinkles' execution date. He's exhausted all appeals and probably will not be pursuing clemency so December 11th is a firm date. One of the victims' mothers testified at trial and again in state post-conviction proceedings against imposing the death penalty. She was also interviewed for a DVD the Indiana Catholic Conference produced.continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on November 09, 2009 (boomark / email).