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There have been 21 executions in America in 2019. Texas would like to make it 22 tomorrow in a case where a discredited witness for the prosecution testified at sentencing. Read about Travis Trevino Runnels' case here: texasmonthly.com/politics/texas…
Read @cd_hooks' full report in @TexasMonthly, which delves into how claims of "future dangerousness" have been misused by Texas to send people to their death and what that means for Runnels now: texasmonthly.com/politics/texas…
Runnels' lawyers currently have a petition pending at #SCOTUS on this issue, seeking review and a stay of execution. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
Reminder that Texas is seeking to execute Travis Trevino Runnels tonight, the final scheduled execution in the US in 2019. His request to halt his scheduled execution is pending before #SCOTUS: supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
Breaking: #SCOTUS has denied Travis Trevino Runnels’ request for a stay of execution. No dissents were noted. Texas is scheduled to execute him tonight, in spite of a discredited state witness who testified at his sentencing.
Travis Trevino Runnels has been executed by the state of Texas.
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