Rene Garcia is doing life in the Wynne Unit. I’ve found nothing on Pedro Garza
Rene Garcia is doing life in the Wynne Unit. I’ve found nothing on Pedro Garza
Thank you for the adventure - Axol
Tried so hard and got so far, but in the end it doesn’t even matter - Linkin Park
Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever. - Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt
I’m going to the ghost McDonalds - Garcello
Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next products.
"They will hurt you. They will hurt your grandma, these people. The root cause of this is there's no discipline in the homes, they don't go to school, you know, they live off the government, no personal accountability, and they just beat people up for no reason, and it's disgusting." - Former Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters
I am deeply sorry about this loss. I am sorry that it was so violent.
Texas death row inmate seeks stay citing coronavirus pandemic
(UPI) -- The next death row inmate scheduled to be executed in the United States asked a Texas court for a stay Tuesday, citing disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Attorneys for Ruben Gutierrez filed a motion with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals saying they will be unable to conduct investigations required in the weeks leading up to his execution.
Gutierrez, 42, is scheduled to be executed June 16 for the 1998 murder of trailer park owner Escolastica Harrison.
"It would be irresponsible and against the public's interest to conduct the necessary investigation during this pandemic," the motion reads. "Mr. Gutierrez's team members cannot conduct the work necessary to fulfill their obligation to him without putting themselves and others at risk."
The defense team pointed out that they've been under stay-at-home orders in Philadelphia since March 23.
"The imperative of social distancing has thus thwarted Mr. Gutierrez's ability to conduct the in-person investigation necessary to support his litigation and his seeking of clemency."
Gutierrez currently has another request for DNA testing pending in federal court. In February, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said he didn't meet the requirements for obtaining a post-conviction DNA test.
Gutierrez sought the testing of nail scrapings and loose hairs taken from the victim, a shirt belonging to a family member of Harrison and other clothing items. He says the testing would prove his innocence.
Authorities said Gutierrez knew Harrison through her nephew and worked together with accomplices Pedro Garcia and Rene Garcia to rob her of about $600,000 in cash she had stashed in her home. An autopsy showed Harrison had been beaten and stabbed 13 times with two different screwdrivers.
Gutierrez said he helped organized the robbery, but didn't take part in the murder and DNA testing would absolve him.
"For more than two decades on Texas' death row in solitary confinement, Mr. Gutierrez has always maintained that he did not commit this crime. There is no physical or forensic evidence connecting Mr. Gutierrez to the crime," Gutierrez's attorney, Shawn Nolan, said.
"His wrongful conviction was based solely upon two weak elements: a false confession elicited when police threatened to take Mr. Gutierrez's children away and threatened his wife, and an unreliable witness. The witness claimed to have identified Mr. Gutierrez as being in the area of the crime at the time it was committed, but the reliability of this identification has been seriously questioned by expert opinions."
The request for a stay comes two weeks after Missouri carried out the nation's first execution since the start of the pandemic. Walter Barton received the lethal injection May 19 for the 1991 murder of an 81-year-old trailer park operator Gladys Kuehler.
Texas has delayed or rescheduled six executions, while Tennessee delayed one, all due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Death penalty experts warn the pandemic could disrupt U.S. executions for months to come.
Robert Dunham, director of the Washington, D.C.-based Death Penalty Information Center, told UPI in March there's a lot of legal work that happens once a death row inmate is put on the calendar for execution. In some cases, witnesses don't come forward to provide evidence or testimony until there's a date.
"It would be irresponsible and potentially deadly for the defense teams to be sending out investigators," he said.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020...591137175/?sl=
An uninformed opponent is a dangerous opponent.
"Y'all be makin shit up" ~ Markeith Loyd
Psst. Neil123 do not reply to my post. I am not in the mood tonight!
An uninformed opponent is a dangerous opponent.
"Y'all be makin shit up" ~ Markeith Loyd
Tina C I just found information on page 6 of this thread. Rene is serving life. Pedro made bail and got released. He took off and skipped out of town (or something like that) and is on the wanted list about 20 years now! I am so sorry for this mess that you are still going through!
Last edited by Madeline331; 06-04-2020 at 06:22 PM.
Texas death row prisoner granted stay ahead of scheduled execution next week
By Julian Gill
The Houston Chronicle
A federal judge on Tuesday granted a stay of execution for a Texas death row prisoner who was scheduled for death next week.
Ruben Gutierrez, who turns 43 on Wednesday, has maintained his innocence in the 1998 slaying of a trailer park owner in Brownsville.
His attorneys have long sought to test the available evidence for DNA to show whether he was responsible for the crime. His attorneys also argue that the state’s policy that prevents chaplains and spiritual advisers from entering the execution chamber violates his constitutional rights. Gutierrez wants a Christian chaplain to accompany him to his execution.
“The Court concludes that Gutierrez has made a showing of likelihood of success on the merits of at least one of his DNA or execution-chamber claims,” according to the ruling made by Brownsville Federal District Court Judge Hilda Tagle.
The Texas Attorney General’s Office has appealed the ruling to the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, according to Gutierrez’s lawyer, Shawn Nolan.
“In a case with no physical or forensic evidence against him, to execute Mr. Gutierrez without conducting DNA testing would be the ultimate violation of his civil rights,” Nolan said in a statement.
“Additionally, the state is refusing to allow Mr. Gutierrez to have a Christian chaplain accompany him into the execution chamber, in violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. TDCJ cannot just pick and choose which of its own rules and which constitutional rights apply to a prisoner and it should not attempt to conduct an execution under these circumstances.”
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jeremy Desel declined to comment on the decision.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/new...f-15328360.php
Here is the stay order.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W_p...vpfoCTomE/view
Last edited by NanduDas; 06-09-2020 at 06:08 PM. Reason: Better article
"The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer." -Theodore Roosevelt
This guy is the houdini of Texas death row. Well actually it’s a toss up between him and Randall Mays.
Is this going to be appealed?
"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
Ryan, I just edited post #97 with a slightly more detailed article. The state is indeed appealing this stay.
"The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer." -Theodore Roosevelt
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