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: StandDown Texas Project

The Death Penalty in Texas: A Change of Heart?

By Steve Hall

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That's the title of Jordan Smith's must-read post at the Crime Report.  LINKOn Sept. 21, 2006, Juan Quintero, an undocumented Mexican national, was arrested after a routine traffic stop in Houston. The arresting officer, Rodney Johnson, frisked and cuffed Quintero, who was driving without a license, before placing him in the back seat of his patrol car.  But Johnson missed the gun that Quintero had hidden on him. Moments later, as Johnson sat in the front seat writing up a report, Quintero fired seven times, killing the officer.Johnson?s murder shocked Houston. But what happened afterwards may have been just as startling. Juries in Harris County (where Houston is located) were once notable for handing down death sentences...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 08, 2010 (boomark / email).

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