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Protest the First Texas Execution in 9 Months at Rick Perry's Home

By "Persian Cowboy"

There will be protests of the first execution in Texas after the Supreme Court ruling allowing executions to resume after a de facto moratorium since Sept 25. The protests will occur prior to the first execution. Currently, the first execution is on June 3rd. If another one is scheduled before that date, then the protests will be adjusted accordingly.Derrick Sonnier, is scheduled to be executed in Huntsville on June 3rd.This will be the first execution in Texas since Sept 25th when Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller said, "we close at 5" and refused to accept an appeal 20 minutes late for a man later executed that night. Around 1900 people signed on to a complaint that we submitted asking the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to remove Keller for her unethical action...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on May 08, 2008 (boomark / email).