April 22, 2010, WASHINGTON,D.C.- The United States Supreme Court recently after careful consideration summarily denied taking up the case of a Texas deathrow inmate. Earlier the inmate had had the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals deny re-opening the inmate's case after it was revealed that the trial judge and prosecutor had been having intimate sexual relations throughout the trial of the inmate's case. The Texas court concluded this was inconsequential to the fairness of the inmate's trial conviction.
Both the judge and prosecutor later made public statements expressly acknowledging they were sexually involved throughout the inmate's case, in which he was sentenced to death. True to the spirit of Texas' criminal "justice" system, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals nevertheless held fast to its tradition of never reversing or reopening a guilty verdict.
The Texas court then stunningly reversed itself and opened the case for reconsideration last week coincidentally within days of The New York Times publishing an article reporting the facts of the Texas inmate's trial. The U.S. Supreme Court then followed this with a summary denial of the deathrow inmate's request for reconsideration.
The inmate now remains on death row waiting his turn. Texas executes more people than all the other states plus the U.S. federal government combined. Texas in fact executes more people than any nation in the world. Although at the bottom of many lists of state statistics for less important matters such as education, this week it was reported that more Texas inmates are raped by other prisoners than in any other state. Texas therefore actually is at the top of some lists other than just that for executions.
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Both the judge and prosecutor later made public statements expressly acknowledging they were sexually involved throughout the inmate's case, in which he was sentenced to death. True to the spirit of Texas' criminal "justice" system, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals nevertheless held fast to its tradition of never reversing or reopening a guilty verdict.
The Texas court then stunningly reversed itself and opened the case for reconsideration last week coincidentally within days of The New York Times publishing an article reporting the facts of the Texas inmate's trial. The U.S. Supreme Court then followed this with a summary denial of the deathrow inmate's request for reconsideration.
The inmate now remains on death row waiting his turn. Texas executes more people than all the other states plus the U.S. federal government combined. Texas in fact executes more people than any nation in the world. Although at the bottom of many lists of state statistics for less important matters such as education, this week it was reported that more Texas inmates are raped by other prisoners than in any other state. Texas therefore actually is at the top of some lists other than just that for executions.
Copyright 2010 Big M and Little L All World Rights Reserved
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