I was 21 when I was arrested.
I have been incarcerated longer on death row
than I have been alive in the free world.
Tony Medina
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After years of courtroom wrangling, lawyers from both sides are finally agreeing to move forward with DNA testing in the 1998 rape and murder of Montgomery College student Melissa Trotter.
The agreement, expected to be finalized in court papers in the coming weeks, comes just days after a judge called off the pending execution of death row inmate Larry Swearingen, who was convicted in the slaying nearly two decades ago and has since repeatedly professed his innocence. Read more about the case of Larry Swearingen Read full article on m.chron.com Further to the recent application for a writ of habeas corpus "seeking relief from a judgement of death, the execution of Clinton Lee Young (scheduled for October 26, 2017) is stayed. According to the Federal Public Defender, CDCA: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today issued Reed’s defense team says it will show new evidence that points to Jimmy Fennell, 44, Stites’ fiancé at the time of her death, as the real killer.
A woman accused Fennell of raping her in 2007. In March of 2017, Fennell was denied parole because his record indicates his original offenses indicated a “conscious disregard for the lives, safety or property of others, such that the offender poses a continuing threat to public safety,” according to TDCJ records. Read more on kxan.com Read more on the case of Rodney Reed |
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