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Austin Chronicle Says "Let David Live": The execution of David Powell will not serve justice

By "Persian Cowboy"

Click here to send an email to Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg urging her to ask the judge to withdraw the June 15 execution date for David Powell.From the Austin Chronicle:Point Austin: Let David LiveThe execution of David Powell will not serve justiceBY MICHAEL KINGHow much pain is enough to make up for irreparable harm? ? David PowellIf all goes according to plan, David Lee Powell will be executed by the state of Texas, in our names, on June 15. That's the date set by state District Judge Mike Lynch at the request of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg.This is an execution more than 32 years in the making, and the story exhibits the tortured legal history of many Texas capital cases. The 27-year-old Powell was first convicted of the May 18, 1978, murder of 26-year-old Austin Police Officer Ralph Ablanedo in September 1978...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on May 22, 2010 (boomark / email).