Appeals Court Orders Re-evaluation of Death Row Case
Updated, April 4, 2012:
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today ordered a Harris County criminal court to re-evaluate whether death row inmate Coy Wayne Wesbrook is intellectually competent enough to face execution for the murders he was convicted of in 1998.
Wesbrook was sentenced to death for the 1997 fatal shootings of his ex-wife and three men. He appealed his death sentence, raising claims that he was mentally retarded. His claims were denied in 2007 after Dr. George Denkowski testified as an expert for the state in his case.
The state's highest court has ordered similar reviews in ...
Comments (6)
Inv. A. Bryant
Dr. Death is at it again. He does not even have to see or talk to the suspect to make the decision that the suspect is mentally able to be executed and has done so in a number of cases! When is the Court of Criminal Appeals going to stop this man? Hummmm...money talks.
Kris Finch
Justice ? The Texas death row is evil and corrupt, the states administration needs to be put to sleep!
Innocent people are being murdered by your third world , spear throwing state.
I hope God hands each one of you who have an hand in it as harsh a sentence as you deserve.
Death Row is Evil and a disgrace to humanity, shame on every one of you who has an hand in it.
FREE KENISH BERRY NOW !!!
Anya Khan
I am opposed to the death penalty.BUT, if you have the cognitive ability to kill someone, the realization you can kill someone, the ability to discuss the case with the attorney, be a part of your own defense, you are able to be punished for it. I think all state sanctioned murder is wrong and should be abolished, but unless the defendant's idea is to lock up all those who are mentally retarded, this is a lame argument.
Anya Khan
And Kenisha Berry should never walk out of a cell
Phillip Baker
Good Lord, has 20th century thinking and facts seeped somehow into Justice Keller's court??? OMG! The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals acting rationally and within the law?? How did I miss all those pigs flapping through the air??
David Whitten
What is it with some of these rogue Psychologists who have been licensed by TSBEP? I recall another Psychologist by the name of Dr. Quijano being ethically-challenged as well.