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Will an unjust law claim another victim?

By "Persian Cowboy"

Thats the title of Bryan McCann's article for the Socialist Worker about the execution of Jeff Wood. Bryan McCann of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty explains that Texas' Law of Parties--under which defendants can be held responsible for murder just by being at the scene--is poised to take another life. August 5, 2008 Texas activists celebrate after Kenneth Foster Jr. was given clemency hours before his scheduled execution (Matthew Beamesderfer | SW) AT THIS time last year, the grassroots campaign to save Texas death row inmate Kenneth Foster Jr. was in full swing. Kenneth had been sentenced to death in 1997 for driving the car Mauriceo Brown exited one night in 1996 to shoot and kill Michael LaHood Jr. He was convicted under the Texas Law of Parties, which allows prosecutors to treat those physically present at the scene of a murder as if they had pulled the trigger...continue to full post

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