Court Ruling Could Affect Texas Death Row Cases
Death row inmate Jesse Joe Hernandez, set to be executed next week for the 2001 death of a 10-month-old boy in Dallas, is hoping that a ruling Tuesday from the U.S. Supreme Court could give him another chance to prove that the tragedy was not entirely his fault.
The nation’s highest court ruled that the failure of initial state habeas lawyers to argue that their client’s trial counsel was ineffective should not prevent the defendant from making that argument later on. Lawyers across the country, including those for at least two Texas death row inmates, were eagerly ...
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James Joshua via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Any inmate, whether death row or not, should have a limit set on how many appeals they get to have considered, especially if they don't research as much as available between appeals. If the reason for appeal is mostly because the inmate or associate simply doesn't like it, that appeal should either not be considered, or count against them, as proof of ignorance.
Mike Snyder
There is a very serious flaw in our judicial system responsible for roughly 1,500,000 people being incarcerated. That means one of the most advanced nations in the world has more people imprisoned than any other democratically governed country on Earth. Something to be real proud of. We need to stop executions, and stop imprisoning people for victimless "crimes" such as smoking marijuana. The next step is to not imprison people for non-violent crimes. It all sounds good, but capitalism is God, so now prisons are built to make money for investors. To disrupt or discourage money hungry people from making nice profits is a sin to Republicans, especially when it only involves minorities and the poor.
RICHARD PRICE
The Texas brand of rubber-stamp justice has thousands of innocent people in prisons and jails, The police are famous for putting trumped up charges, and the prosecuting attorneys along with the judge quickly do away with any evidence that would free them. The majority of prisoners would be freed if given a fair trial.These law enforcement and involved parties are able to impose their own warped interpretation of justice to their victims. None are held accountable. The wrong people are being locked up.
Cathy Hill
Robert Gene Will has nothing to stand on. His attorney's were exceptionally competent and did everything within the law to defend him. He is guilty of killing Deputy Barry Hill. The witness testimony proves this without a shadow of a doubt. Original transcripts of the trial can be obtained to prove his guilt but it seems no one wants to go back and do this research. His story continues to change, the story of his ex-girlfriend changes. He is a murderer plain and simple. No more time or money should be spent on his defense. Had he fought as hard to live before he killed he might have been a better man and the deputy would still be alive. Barry's wife would not be a widow. Barry's daughters would not have grown up without their daddy and Barry's parents would not have had to bury their oldest son. Not only has Will destroyed the lives of the victims immediate family but his actions have a domino effect that will change the lives of the legacy of Barry, his future heirs.
It sickens me to know that there are people who have fallen prey to his lies and deceit. They aren't doing their due diligence in finding truth and shame on them. Enough is enough and Will needs to die by lethal injection immediately.