County Used Doctor After Methods Challenged
Harris County paid Dr. George Denkowski, a forensic psychologist who was reprimanded earlier this month and agreed never again to perform death row evaluations in Texas, more than $300,000 to test defendants for intellectual disabilities from 2002 until 2008. And the county continued to pay Denkowksi even after a judge harshly rebuked his work, according to documents obtained by the Texas Defender Service.
Denkowski, a Fort Worth psychologist, evaluated 14 current Texas death row inmates and two who have been executed. His methods, though, came under intense scrutiny from defense lawyers and from other psychologists who said Denkowski used ...
Comments (2)
Rudy Gonzales
Can we get him to evaluate Perry?
Tee Pee
There are countless reasons why the death penalty is wrong, no matter what. This is just one of them. Why does the United States and the state of Texas continue this barbaric practice? There is something seriously wrong that this nation is listed alongside Iran, China and Saudi Arabia as comparable when it comes to the death penalty. Yet, we preach to other nations about respecting human rights.