Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Troy Davis recieved a 90 Day STAY of execution, because of witnesses who have recanted their testimony

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Ruiz Was Granted A Reprieve Just An Hour Before Execution
Mitigating Evidence Was Never Heard By The Jury

Monday, July 9, 2007

Rolando Ruiz to be The 19th Inmate Executed By Texas



Rolando Ruiz To Be 19th Prisoner Executed By Texas

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Declines Ruiz's Appeal

Texes has scheduled another execution to take place on Tuesday, July 10. 2007, bringing the number of executions in Texas to 19 this year. Rolando Ruiz will be executed by lethal injection for the murder of Theresa Roderiquez, 29 in San Antonio Texas. Ruiz was paid $2,000 for the murder for hire scheme of Roderiquez's husband and brother in law in 1992. According to The American-Statesman they were to split a $400,000 life insurance policy. Ruiz has been on death row for 12 years.

Although Ruiz's guilt is not in question, he claimed his appeal lawyer C. Wayne Huff was so bad that he would have been better off with no lawyer at all. According to The American Statesman, Ruiz's lawyer Morris Moon said "he may ask the federal courts to review Friday's decision". According to Ruiz's last appeal he was stated by The American Statesman as saying it "was doomed to failure on the day it was filed".

Last October an investigation by the Austin American Stateman found errors in the filing of appeals, and several judges believe some inmates should be given a second chance, but Fridays ruling stated inmates on death row are limited to one appeal, stated Chuck Lindell, staff writer for the American Statesman.

Ruiz had a violent past which included attacks on his girlfriend, aggrevated robbery, and attacks on fellow inmates and correction officers while incarcerated. Ruiz is reported to have been the enforcer for a violent prison gang, according to The American Stateman's report.

The American-Staemen also reported that Ruiz had a troubled childhood, with a "mentally unstable mother who sent him on drug buying trips, and who tried to kill herself several times, once in front of her first grade son". According to court records The American Staesman reported that Ruiz was determined to having trauma -induced brain damage, and had a violent and suicidal personality.

Texas leads the nation in executions this year, and more inmates are scheduled to be executed later this summer.Lonnie Johnson, Kenneth Parr, Johnny Conner, Daroyce Mosley, John Joe Amador, and Kenneth Foster all have execution dates.

Source:
The American-Statesman
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/07/07/0707habeas.html

Monday, July 2, 2007

Troy A. Davis, To Be Executed By Georgia

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/301054/supports_of_death_row_inmate_troy_anthony.html

Troy Davis has an execution date with the state of Georgia.

He will be injected with lethal injection for a crime that was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. This man was clearly railroaded to a racist death row.

Read about his case here:

http://lethal-injection-florida।blogspot.com/