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Collin County, the scene of what I dubbed the Plano HoodWink, is gearing up for a new capital trial in which race is a significant matter.  "Attorney fights to dismiss death penalty," is the Plano Star Courier report by Stephanie Flemmons.An attorney filed a motion to dismiss the death penalty on the ground that its capital sentencing procedure is unconstitutional.David K. Haynes, McKinney attorney representing Bruce Crawford, 18, in the capital murder trial of a local cab driver, filed the motion in October."When we are defending someone with a capital crime, we try to do everything we can to save their life," Haynes said. "We are attacking everything about the case, which includes the state's version of the facts and the evaluation if death is the appropriate penalty...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 13, 2008 (boomark / email).