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Thread: John David Battaglia - Texas Execution - February 1, 2018

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    John David Battaglia - Texas Execution - February 1, 2018






    Summary of Offense:

    On May 12, 2001, Battaglia shot and killed his two daughters, Liberty, 6, and Faith, 9. The mother of the children was on the phone with the older daughter at the time of the offense and heard the gunshots.

    Battaglia was sentenced to death in Dallas County on April 30, 2002.

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    Battaglia was denied a writ of habeas corpus by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on September 23, 2009.

    Opinion is here:

    http://www.cca.courts.state.tx.us/OP...PINIONID=18787

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    On October 8, 2009, Battaglia filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/tex...v01904/190431/

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    This will tell you how totally evil John Battaglia is.

    http://pysih.com/2009/06/08/john-david-battaglia/

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    Guess its okey at times to take a while to execute someone! It give time for the incarcerated to think about what they did & about what is going to happen to them!

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    And Battaglia certainly has a lot to think about. The federal district court hasn't ruled and it can take the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals anywhere from 6 months to a year to rule. He could possibly receive a date within 2 years.

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    On October 9, 2013, Battaglia's habeas petition was DENIED in Federal District Court.

    http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal...1904/190431/81

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    On October 25, 2013, Battaglia filed an appeal in the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals over the denial of his habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cir...s/ca5/13-70035

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    Jailhouse Interview With Man on Death Row for Shooting, Killing Daughters

    By Meredith Land
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    Click on the following link to view the interview: http://www.nbcdfw.com/video/#!/news/...ters/246640751

    A Highland Park man is on death row for shooting and killing his two daughters more than a decade ago.

    John David Battaglia was arrested for the May 2, 2001 shooting deaths of 9-year-old Faith and 6-year-old Liberty in his downtown Dallas loft. The girls’ mother was on the phone and heard the gunshots.

    Jurors found Battaglia guilty of capital murder and sentence him to death.

    Battaglia, 58, is now on death row. Sarah Mervosh, a reporter with The Dallas Morning News, spoke with him for an hour in a jailhouse interview. Here is some of that interview.

    Sarah Mervosh: "Do you feel like you were killing them to get back at your wife?"

    Battaglia: "I don't feel like I killed them."

    Mervosh: "You what?"

    Battaglia: "I don't feel like I killed them. I do not know why. If you read what I wrote, you will find that I am a little bit in the blank about what happened."

    Mervosh said Battaglia was persistent that he is innocent.

    "From what he says and if I can infer that is true that he can't remember what happened and he doesn't feel like he did it," Mervosh said.

    During the interview, Battaglia talked about his late daughters.

    "You think about your best little friends. Nicest little kids you've ever met. Not much you can do about that," Battaglia said. "I have pictures of them up in my house. I have them on my table and on my wall, I have them around me all the time," Battaglia said, speaking of his prison cell.

    "I thought that was interesting that he wants to keep it in his line of sight, because it means something to him, and yet he killed them," Mervosh later said.

    Battaglia at one point turned on Mervosh, pointing his finger at her and yelling. But during the interview he saved most of his venom for the people he believes put him behind bars.

    For Mervosh's special series, "Deadly Affection," pick up Sunday's newspaper or read the full interview on Saturday online at www.dallasnews.com/deadlyaffection.

    http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Jai...246634031.html

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    John Battaglia v. William Stephens

    In today's Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals opinions, Battaglia's request for a Certificate of Appealability was DENIED.
    An uninformed opponent is a dangerous opponent.

    "Y'all be makin shit up" ~ Markeith Loyd

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