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Texas finally executes murderer who had looooong stay on death row

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this AFP report, which is headlined "Texas executes convicted cop killer 32 years on," the busiest death penalty state finally executed a defendant for a cop killer who committed him crime during the Carter Administration. Here are the details: The state of Texas on Tuesday executed David Powell, 59, for the murder of a police officer 32 years ago, after having lost a series of lengthy appeals and requests for clemency. Powell was convicted and sentenced to death for the May 18, 1978 machine-gun murder of police officer Ralph Ablanedo, who stopped him on a traffic offense. With the execution, Powell set a record for the longest period on death row in the state before being put to death, circumstances which had earned him support for clemency...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 15, 2010 (boomark / email).