Supreme Court Denies Duane Buck Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied the appeal of Texas death row inmate Duane Buck, who was seeking a retrial based on race-related testimony given during the sentencing phase of his 1997 trial.
The high court stayed Buck's execution in September to consider his appeal. His lawyers argued that because psychologist Dr. Walter Quijano told jurors that the fact Buck is black meant he was more likely to be violent in the future, he ought to be granted a new trial without race-related testimony.
The same psychologist gave similar testimony in six other death row cases. And in ...
Comments (2)
gypsy314 ne
Its done give him the needle and be done with it. Enough of wasting tax payers money. Now if there were DNA I would say take second look. But DNA can be planted so here we go again if if if if
Sab Dominguez
Dont be so insenitive. If that was your live wouldnt you be trying to fight to live. Although i do agree on some aspect, but more so on the idea of getting the process of the convicting system right the first time and ruling out all aspect and possiblities in a case. "Give him the needle and be done with it." how inhumane to say. Take care....