New Execution Dates In Texas

[nighthawk_75253]

From: JB <jlstamps@e...>
Date: Thu May 2, 2002 10:52 pm
Subject: New Execution Dates: August

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May 2, 2002


** New Execution Dates Set for August **


There are three inmates that have been scheduled to be
executed in August. They are T. J. Jones, Javier Medina,
Toronto Patterson. The new execution dates in August and
the updated execution schedule in Texas is below.

Brian Davis 999036 - Execution Date: May 7th
Birthdate: 08/28/1968; Sentenced in Harris County

Reginald Reeves 999119 - Execution Date: May 9th
Birthdate: 04/21/1974; Sentenced in Red River County

Henry Dunn 999165 - Execution Date: May 14th
Birthdate: 07/29/1974; Sentenced in Smith County

Ronford Styron 999124 - Execution Date: May 16th
Birthdate: 08/23/1969; Sentenced in Liberty County

Johnny Martinez 999089 - Execution Date: May 22
Birthdate: 07/29/1974; Sentenced in Nueces County

Napoleon Beazley 999141 - Execution Date: May 28
Birthdate: 08/05/1975; Sentenced in Smith County

Stanley Baker, Jr. - Execution Date: May 30th
Birthdate: 12/03/1966; Sentenced in Brazos County

Willie Moddon #780 -- Execution Date: June 11
Birthdate: 04/16/1948; Sentenced in Angelina County

Daniel Reneau 999223 -- Execution Date: June 13
Birthdate: 04/15/1975; Sentenced in Kerr County

Robert Coulson 999115 -- Execution Date June 25
Birthdate: 03/11/1968; Sentenced in Harris County

Jeffrey Williams 999154 -- Execution Date June 26
Birthdate: 10/15/1971; Sentenced in Harris County

Gary Etheridge 986 -- Execution Date June 27
Birthdate: 01/03/64; Sentenced in Brazorio County


T. J. Jones 999133 -- Execution Date August 8th
Birthdate: 11/01/1976; Sentenced in Gregg County

Javier Medina 944 -- Execution Date August 14th
Birthdate: 06/17/1999; Sentenced in Dallas County

Toronto Patterson 999178 -- Execution Date August 28th
Birthdate: 10/17/1977; Sentenced in Dallas County


(Source: Texas Department of Criminal Justice
http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/sch...executions.htm
Use the above link for the schedule of executions in
May and June and for further offender information.)

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Vigil Times & Locations
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Vigils and protests will be held on
the day of executions at:


* Austin *
The Governor's Mansion
Lavaca and 11th St.
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm


* College Station *
Corner Texas Avenue
and East Entrance
to Texas A&M University,
5:30 pm


* Dallas *
Central & Mockingbird (NW corner)
large parking lot by Eckerds.
5:30 pm to 6:10 pm


* Huntsville *
Walls Unit,
5:30 pm


* Houston *
Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral,
Pierce and Fannin,
5:30 pm


* San Antonio *
Plaza de las Islas
across from San Fernando Cathedral,
12:00 Noon

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Write Op-Ed

If you would like to write a letter to the editor of
a Texas newspaper, you can use the link below:

http://newslink.org/txnews.html

It is a good idea to listen to a news radio station
on the afternoon of an execution, such as KTRH 740AM
in Houston in case there might be a stay.

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For More Information, please contact:


Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
3400 Montrose Blvd. Suite 312
Houston, TX 77006
Phone: 713-520-0300
Fax: 713-942-8146
Contact: David Atwood
E-mail: dpatwood@i...
Web site: www.tcadp.org


Amnesty International State Death
Penalty Abolition Coordinator
SMU PO Box 750172
Dallas, TX 75275
Contact: Rick Halperin
Phone: (214) 768-3284
Fax: (214) 768-3475
E-mail: rhalperi@m...


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[Menally-Ill]

Nighthawk;

I know you posted this ages ago, but we need more lists like this, and lists for other states also!

How can we (I) get such lists?

Thanks,
Menolly

[toe]

Don't know if anyone read this so I thought I'd post it...

June 11, 2002, 3:05PM

Supreme Court halts today's scheduled execution
Associated Press

HUNTSVILLE -- An East Texas man convicted of a robbery-murder in Lufkin almost 18 years ago won a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court about 3 1/2 hours before he was scheduled to be executed today. The high court, acting in the case of William Mack Moddon, stopped the planned lethal injection as Moddon's lawyers appealed he should not be put to death because he is mentally retarded.

Moddon, who grew up in the Jasper area, was sentenced to die for the July 29, 1984, fatal stabbing of Deborah Davenport, 27. The Lufkin mother of three had been filling in for a co-worker when she was robbed and killed while working the late shift at a Lufkin convenience store.

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court halted the executions of two other Texas inmates who raised similar claims about mental retardation. The high court has been reviewing a Virginia case that challenges the constitutionality of executing mentally retarded people and a decision is expected at any time.

Moddon, 54, would have been the 16th Texas inmate executed this year. Another execution is set for Thursday and three more are scheduled for later in June. While the high court vote was not announced, three justices -- Chief
Justice William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas -- said they were not in favor of the reprieve.

Moddon's first conviction, in 1985, was overturned because jurors were not allowed to consider his claims of mental retardation as mitigating evidence when they decided he should be put to death. He was tried again in 1992, convicted and condemned. At that trial, jurors were told his IQ was 64. An IQ of 70 is considered the threshold for retardation. "I don't remember much," Moddon recently told The Lufkin Daily News. Asked about his execution, he responded: "It don't bother me ... gotta go some day."

Evidence showed Davenport used her own quarter to buy a 10-cent cup of coffee for him. Witnesses who were buying gasoline identified Moddon as inside the store just before 2 a.m. Another customer a few minutes later found Davenport behind the counter, stabbed 18 times in the face and neck. Moddon got about $80. Moddon had an extensive criminal past, starting at age 18 with a
burglary conviction. At the time of the Davenport slaying, he was on parole seven months after serving 10 years of a 25-year term for aggravated robbery.