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Was the Law of Parties Provision in HB 2267 Scuttled Based on Misinformation?

By "Persian Cowboy"

First published on the Stop Executions blog.The Law of Parties provision of HB 2267 was taken out of the bill in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee yesterday after Governor Perry threatened to veto it if the bill was sent to him in the same from that it passed the House last Friday. I am concerned based on a couple of quotes in newspaper articles that the Law of Parties provision was scuttled based on misinformation and misunderstanding about the Law of Parties and about HB 2267. For instance, the Austin American-Statesman has a quote from Williamson County Attorney John Bradley that indicates that he does not understand what the Law of Parties is and how HB 2267 would have affected it. He says in the Austin American-Statesman: "To exempt all defendants in capital cases because they didn?t pull the trigger ?is irrational,? said Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on May 23, 2009 (boomark / email).