Charles Dean Hood has been on Texas’ death row since he was convicted of murdering Tracie Lynn Wallace and Roland Williamson in 1989.
Today, the Texas Supreme Court found that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling which upheld Kentucky’s lethal injection procedure is “materially indistinguishable from Texas’ lethal injection protocol.”
Which was the basis of Hood’s final appeal. Which means that in one week from today, Charles Dean Hood will finally pay for the horrible crimes he committed nearly 20 years ago.
I have closed the comments threads on all the previous Charles Dean Hood threads, as several of them have over 400 comments (links to those threads are at the bottom of this post).
With exactly a week to go until Charles’ execution, I anticipate there being a lot of chatter, and I wanted to keep all the comments on on thread (this one).
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I will be attending the execution as the support person for the sister of Tracie Wallace (who goes by Big Sis on this blog).
With Big Sis’ permission, I’ll write more about the execution afterwards, but this time from a first person perspective.
With only a week to go, please remember that there are family members of both victims as well as Hood who read and comment on this blog.
I’d like to ask that everybody to please try to remain civil and respectful of each other in your disagreements and comments this week.
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UPDATE — looks like these anti-DP idiots are sill planning to hold their protest at the Governor’s Mansion. You know — the mansion that burned down last weekend. The one where Governor Perry hasn’t lived in almost a year. There will be a bunch of clean-up crews, forensic arson investigators, restoration experts, and police on site. Though I doubt any of them have the power to pardon Hood.
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PREVIOUS
- Charles Dean Hood — June 8, 2005
- A Death Row Inmate of Good Character — June 27, 2005
- Charles Dean Hood — A Letter from Death Row — May 21, 2007
- Tracie Lynn Wallace (1964 — 1989) — June 30, 2007
- Charles Dean Hood — New Execution Date Set — April 24, 2008
- Charles Dean Hood — Final Appeal Denied? — May 15, 2008
I understand that Hoods brother James will be attending the execution. I do not have a confirmation from Ron’s son Roger if he is attending…. last I knew he would be in attendence.
With 6 days to go….. It just seems like a bad dream coming to an end.
I do have empathy for Deans family as they too will suffer a loss. This is just so sad for all involved, How one persons actions caused so much hurt.
Take care everyone…..
Left by big sis on June 11th, 2008 at 5:41 am