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The Jeff Wood Case

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Today's New York Times reports, "Texas Panel Rejects Plea to Halt Execution of Accomplice in 1996 Murder."Jeffrey Lee Wood is sentenced to die this week for the murder of a store clerk during a robbery, even though he was sitting in a truck outside the convenience store when it happened. Mr. Wood is the latest person to face the death penalty under a Texas law that makes accomplices subject to the death penalty if a murder occurs during a crime. His lawyers say Mr. Wood is a gullible man of limited intellect who suffers from delusions. In their view, Mr. Wood was never mentally competent to stand trial in the first place. Nor, they argue, was Mr. Wood aware that his partner in the robbery, David Reneau, was carrying a gun, according to testimony presented at Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 20, 2008 (boomark / email).