UPDATE — I just got off the phone with Julie, Tracie Lynn Wallace’s big sister. Her plane just landed in Dallas about an hour ago. Her flight from Michigan lifted off about 30-minutes before the court handed down its decision. To say that she is livid is a gross understatement. Once again, the scum murderer has more rights and gets more consideration from the criminal court system than the victims families (who are themselves victims, too)
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Charles Dean Hood has cheated death once again. The man who undoubtedly and unquestioningly killed two people in Plano back in 1989 has had 6 execution dates.
Back in June, Hood was just minutes away from death when Gov. Perry ordered a 30-day reprieve just minutes before the death warrant was set to expire.
Hood was supposed to die tomorrow. But a few minutes ago, a representative of the Victim’s Services division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice called me to let me know that Hood had received another stay, and to cancel my trip to Huntsville tomorrow.
He also asked if I could get hold of Big Sis (the older sister of Hood’s victim Tracie Lynn Wallace), as he could not reach her. Unfortunately, her plane was supposed to leave Michigan en route for Texas at 3:00 this afternoon — I got her voice mail, but I’m afraid that she’s going to be very disappointed (and pissed off) when her plane lands.
Interestingly, Hood’s stay was not due to the alleged affair between the judge at Hood’s trial, Verla Sue Holland, and former Collin County district attorney Tom O’Connell.
Instead, Hood was granted a stay and will receive another hearing based upon jury instructions.
Jury instructions. 20 years later. And their nit picking about jury instructions.
The Collin County district attorney’s office had wanted to proceed with the execution, but the state attorney general’s office has filed a brief urging the allegations be investigated to protect the integrity of the criminal justice system.
I’m sorry, but Hood and his lawyers have already made a mockery of the criminal justice system, and it’s way too late to “protect the integrity” now.
[Editor --- Comment deleted by Robbie. You know what --- I'm not in the mood for gloating from you antis and you death row groupies. Keep it to yourself or take it somewhere else today.]
Left by anon5 on September 9th, 2008 at 6:11 pm