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    Joseph Ebron - Federal Death Row


    Joseph Ebron


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    On May 11, 2009, a jury convicted Ebron of the 2005 murder of Keith Davis, also black, in a federal prison in Beaumont, Texas. The District Court judge followed the jury's recommendation and condemned Ebron to death on May 18. Both defendant and victim were said to be members of a Washington, D.C. gang. Ebron has been incarcerated for most of his life since he was 15.

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    May 18, 2009

    BEAUMONT, TX - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a 30-year-old federal inmate has been sentenced to die for the murder of a fellow prisoner at the United States Penitentiary in Beaumont (USP-Beaumont).

    JOSEPH EBRON was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone. The sentencing hearing comes a week after Ebron was convicted of capital murder following a three week trial. Jurors deliberated for a week before finding Ebron guilty on May 11, 2009.

    According to information from prosecutors, on May 7, 2005, Bureau of Prison officials working in the USP-Beaumont, discovered the body of Keith Barnes in his cell. Barnes had been stabbed to death. Surveillance film from cameras inside the cell block revealed that Ebron was involved in Barnes' murder.

    The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Joseph R. Batte and John Craft.

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    On May 30, 2012, the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Ebron's sentence on direct appeal.

    http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-5th-circuit/1601904.html

    On July 27, 2012, a rehearing en banc was DENIED.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es/12-6956.htm

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    In today's United States Supreme Court orders, Ebron's petition for a writ of certiorari was DENIED.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es/12-6956.htm

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    On October 27, 2014, Ebron filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/tex...cv00539/155420

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