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Death row inmate takes plea and life in prison

By Kristin Houle

According to the Associated Press, Charles Mines has been taken off death row after being granted a new punishment trial. Mines will now spend the remainder of his life in prison ("Death Row Inmate Takes Plea and Life in Prison", March 31, 2009) Here is the full article:A condemned Texas inmate who won a new punishment trial from an appealscourt has agreed to a plea bargain that takes him off death row but likelykeeps him imprisoned for the rest of his life.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals a year ago threw out the deathsentence of Charles Mines, 59, who was convicted of using a claw hammer tofatally beat an 80-year-old woman at her home in Waxahachie 21 years ago.The court said Mines deserved a new sentencing trial because jurors didn'tproperly consider mental illness when they decided he should be executedfor the slaying of Vivian Moreno...continue to full post

Full post as published by Prevention Not Punishment on April 01, 2009 (boomark / email).