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Execution Watch: Rogelio Cannady

By "Persian Cowboy"

By Elizabeth SteinProducer, Execution WatchOn Wednesday, Texas plans to execute Rogelio Cannady, the first person prosecuted under a 1993 Texas law permitting a charge of capital murder against a prisoner who kills someone while serving 99 years or life. Execution Watch will broadcast details and cover the issues. Pass the word. RADIO PROGRAM PREVIEWEXECUTION WATCHMay 19, 2010, Wed., 6-7 pm CTListen on KPFT's HD-2 channel, 90.1 FM Houston, orGo to www.executionwatch. org at 6 p.m. CT, click on ?Listen.?SCHEDULED TO BE EXECUTED  ROGELIO CANNADY was in prison on a life sentence in 1993 at the McConnell Unit in Beeville when he was charged with killing his cellmate, who was serving 15 years for murder. Cannady was the first Texas prisoner prosecuted under a 1993 statute permitting a capital murder charge against an offender serving 99 years or life on a previous murder conviction...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on May 18, 2010 (boomark / email).