Death row inmate, Jeff Wood, is being executed for a murder he didn’t commit. Wood was an unwilling accomplice in a 1996 convenience store robbery. He was sitting in a truck outside when the clerk was shot and killed. The man who pulled the trigger was executed six years ago, but Wood was given a death sentence for the same crime under the Texas law of parties.
The clerk was Jeff Wood’s childhood friend.
Noteworthy Facts:
- Wood suffers from mental and learing disorders. He was abused and beat severely and repeatedly as a child. He is submissive to dominant behavior because of such.
- At arrest Wood was forced into interrogation by the police and did not have council present. Wood was kept awake the entire time. He was refused sleep. He eventually confessed saying it was a planned robbery. He later revoked this statement.
- Wood was found not mentally fit to stand trial. He was admitted into a mental hospital and a couple of weeks later was found ‘trial ready’
- At trial, Wood was not satisfied with his representation. Wood asked to represent himself, but wasn’t allowed to do so. The judge found him not capable of doing this. The judge however, did not argue Wood when Wood said he would then order his attorney’s not to do anything. Result: Jeff had no witnesses during the punishment phase of his trial on his behalf.
- The victims father is against the death penalty and actually campaigned to keep the actual gunman Reneau alive.
Wood is awaiting a new execution date. Don’t let Jeff be another Troy Davis.
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(via occupyallstreets)
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