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Jackson slated for death after 18 years on Row

By "Persian Cowboy"

   Derrick JacksonBy Elizabeth SteinProducer, Execution WatchHUNTSVILLE, TEXAS -- A man condemned on evidence called into question by a probe of the Houston Police Department's crime lab is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday. Unless Derrick Jackson is fortunate enough to receive a stay, Execution Watch will provide coverage.RADIO PROGRAM PREVIEWEXECUTION WATCHJuly 20, 2010, Tues., 6-7 pm Central TimeListen on KPFT's HD2 channel, 90.1 FM Houston, orGo to www.executionwatch. org at 6 p.m. CT, click on ?Listen.?SCHEDULED TO BE EXECUTED  DERRICK JACKSON, 42, was condemned in 1998 for the 1988 stabbing deaths of Houston Grand Opera tenors Richard Alan Wrotenbery and Forrest G. Henderson in their Houston apartment. Jackson, formerly of Missouri City, has insisted on his innocence...continue to full post

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