Tag: Texas death penalty
By Jeralyn, Section Death Penalty
Posted on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 08:30:33 PM EST
Tags: Texas death penalty, Duane Buck (all tags)
Posted on Thu Sep 15, 2011 at 08:30:33 PM EST
Tags: Texas death penalty, Duane Buck (all tags)
Texas was set to execute Duane Buck last night. Texas held off until the last appeals had been decided.
Today, the Supreme Court has intervened, and granted a stay.
At Buck's sentencing hearing, the jury that set his punishment was informed by a psychologist that black people had a higher rate of violent behaviour, a statement used by the prosecution as its key argument against giving him an alternative penalty of life imprisonment.
The victim's surviving relative asked for clemency.
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