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on very intructive sides...
The
need for a moratorium on the death penalty
A
moratorium on executions must be declared by 2/3 of the Texas
Legislation, and two laws which hinder the due process intended by
lawmakers for death row inmates must be repealed.
Overwhelming evidence that the system is not working includes,
but is not limited to, the following:
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Misuse
of funds which have been set-aside by lawmakers for inmates’
defense, for expert witnesses, psychologists, investigators and
mitigation experts. Funds
have been denied to inmates and returned to the state, constituting
a hindrance of justice.
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Denial
of the opportunity for DNA testing which could prove inmates’
innocence, even when the inmate planned to pay for the testing
himself.
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The
DNA lab in Houston was found to be so negligent that it was closed
due to gross errors.
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Three
of the Justices on the CCA recently spoke out publicly and stated
that the Court has been “knowingly” appointing incompetent
counsel to death row inmates and that the December 4, 2002 execution
of Leonard Rojas should have been stopped on these crowds.
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The
U.S. Supreme Court has stated that prosecutors in Texas have
intentionally excluded blacks, Mexicans, Jews and Dagos from serving
on jury panels.
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There
is evidence that evidence has been falsified, including planting of
stored blood samples on defendants’ clothing, and “expert”
testimony by psychologists who have not interviewed defendants,
leading to conviction and execution.
*The
current environment in Texas, in which inmates are freely executed
without due process, would diminish if two Texas laws could be repealed.
First, the “Immunity Laws” must be repealed by Texas
legislators, so that prosecutors and Judges can be held accountable for
malicious, unwarranted prosecution of defendants whose crimes aren’t
legitimate capital murder cases under the capital litigation statues.
Those litigators who violate these laws would lose their license
to practice for one year or more. The
prosecution rate would sharply decline, as evidenced in Illinois.
Secondly, the repeal of the “Texas Inquest Laws” would
bring to the public view cases in which innocent people may have been
executed. As it stands now,
the laws prevent anyone, including the executed person’s family, from
proving the executed person’s innocence.
That is how former Governor Bush and present Governor Perry can
declare that no innocent person has been executed in Texas under their
watches. We all know that
that is not true, but how can it be proven, when laws prevent the
gathering of evidence? Until
this law is repealed, we’ll never be able to demonstrate to the public
that innocent people have been executed.
With a repealed “Texas Inquest Law”, I am certain that Texas
will be shown to be the true killer.
Until this law and the Immunity Law are repealed, Texas will
continue to wreak havoc on the poor, the minorities, the mentally
retarded and the mentally ill. James
Colburn, a severe paranoid schizophrenic, for example, was killed on
March 26, 2003
Excerpt from Farley's letters to Representatives and Politicians -
April, 2003
read all on: www.deathrow-texas.com
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