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Re: Texas death row inmate pulls out eye, eats it

By "Persian Cowboy"

The following is the letter to the editor by Stefanie Collins of Austin CEDP about Andre Thomas, the death row inmate who recently pulled out his remaining eye.I have corresponded with Andre Thomas, the young man on Texas? death row who recently tore out his remaining eye, for over a year. The trial record and my own personal experience with Mr. Thomas both attest to his severe mental illness. Mr. Thomas has struggled with debilitating paranoid schizophrenia since his late adolescence (as is normal with the disease). His illness was the direct cause of the terrible crime he committed. Texas ranks near the bottom of the nation in per capita mental health care spending. The indigent, like Mr. Thomas and his victims, bear the burdens of our neglect of this critical social service...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on January 16, 2009 (boomark / email).