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    COA denied today by the 5th Circuit:

    http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions...13-70023.0.pdf

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    GERALD CORNELIUS ELDRIDGE v William Stephens

    In today's opinions, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals DENIED Eldridge's petition for rehearing. The court also withdrew their January opinion and granted Eldridge a COA.
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    Federal habeas relief denied yesterday by the 5th Circuit, again.

    http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions...13-70023.2.pdf

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    Court: Texas Death Row Inmate May Have Faked Mental Illness

    A Texas death row inmate may have faked mental illness to avoid execution for the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend and her daughter 23 years ago in Houston, a federal appeals court said.

    The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling late Monday agrees with a lower court and moves Gerald Eldridge, 52, a step closer to execution, despite his claim of mental illness.

    The U.S. Supreme Court has said mentally ill people can be executed if they have a factual and rational understanding of why they're being punished.

    Eldridge in 2009 was less than two hours from his scheduled lethal injection in Huntsville when U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal halted the punishment. His lawyers had argued Eldridge was too mentally ill to be executed and Rosenthal said the claim needed to be examined.

    At a 2013 hearing, Rosenthal heard testimony from four mental health experts — two from Eldridge's lawyers and two from the state — and ruled that while there was evidence of mental illness, there was extensive evidence inconsistent with his claims of incompetence, particularly that he faked symptoms in a behavior known to psychologists as malingering.

    Attorneys now could take their appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Eldridge's lead lawyer, Lee Wilson, didn't immediately respond to messages Tuesday from The Associated Press. In 2009, he described Eldridge as "completely detached from reality."

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/c...lness-41745497
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    On October 20, 2016, the Fifth Circuit DENIED Eldridge's petition for en banc rehearing.

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....es/16-8125.htm

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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court declined to review Eldridge's petition for certiorari.

    Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Case Nos.: (13-70023)
    Decision Date: August 29, 2016
    Rehearing Denied: October 20, 2016
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    "How do you get drunk on death row?" - Werner Herzog

    "When we get fruit, we get the juice and water. I ferment for a week! It tastes like chalk, it's nasty" - Blaine Keith Milam #999558 Texas Death Row

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    It’s a crime he’s still alive
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    @Bob, Eldridge is from Harris County. DA Kim Ogg will not move forward to signing off a death warrant for Eldridge. There are 28 on Texas' death row who are facing Huntsville.
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    "When we get fruit, we get the juice and water. I ferment for a week! It tastes like chalk, it's nasty" - Blaine Keith Milam #999558 Texas Death Row

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    I know that. I mean it’s a crime that Ogg won’t do her job
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