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More Coverage From Harris County

By Steve Hall

"Judge clarifies ruling criticizing death penalty," is the title of Brian Rogers report from the Saturday edition of the Houston Chronicle.A Houston judge who declared the death penalty unconstitutional Thursday clarified his ruling in an impromptu hearing Friday, saying he ruled the procedures surrounding the process in Texas are illegal.During Friday's hearing, prosecutors filed motions asking state District Judge Kevin Fine to reconsider his ruling and also to proceed with April's death penalty trial of John Edward Green Jr. Fine maintained at the hearing that he believes innocent people have been executed.Fine's clarification came in the wake of a firestorm of criticism from District Attorney Pat Lykos, the Texas Attorney General's Office and Gov...continue to full post

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