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Press Release: Reginald Blanton

By "Persian Cowboy"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT:CAMPAIGN TO END THE DEATH PENALTYLily Hughes (512) 482-0642 or Laura Brady (512) 638-0403Friday, July 17th: Austin's chapter of the Campaign to END the Death Penalty condemns the execution date recently given to Texas Death Row prisoner Reginald Blanton. Blanton was delivered an execution date for Tuesday, October 27th 2009 by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.Blanton's supporters with the Campaign to End the Death Penalty (CEDP) claim he has a strong innocence claim. According to Randi Jones of the CEDP, no physical evidence links him to the crime."Reginald's case exemplifies serious prosecutorial misconduct," said Jones, "They systematically excluded African Americans from the jury pool."Jones added that Blanton was forced to rely on an incompetent public defender who failed to present evidence of innocence at the original trial...continue to full post

Full post as published by Texas Death Penalty Blog on July 17, 2009 (boomark / email).