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TDS on the Execution of Tim Adams

By Steve Hall

Texas Defender Service has issued the following statement on the execution of Tim Adams: Mr. Adams?s case presented a unique and powerful opportunity for the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Perry to show mercy. It is difficult to conceive of a more appropriate case for clemency than that of Mr. Adams. Mr. Adams served honorably in the United States military and held steady employment. He took responsibility for his actions by pleading guilty at trial. He had no criminal history before his crime, and none after. In his eight years on death row, Mr. Adams had, without exaggeration, been a model prisoner. He had not a single disciplinary write-up, for any reason. Mr. Adams sought clemency because the members of his family?who also were victimized by Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 23, 2011 (boomark / email).