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20 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Reporters have always been present at executions to observe the state as it wields its greatest power over life. Media reports often provide detail excluded from state records.

But reporters were not let in to witness Quintin Jones' execution Wednesday. bit.ly/3v7F2Tl
TDCJ spokesperson Jeremy Desel said Wednesday night that the media’s non admittance was an error and resulted from a miscommunication between prison officials.
Typically, when an execution is set to proceed, prison officials call the press office across the street, and the spokesperson walks the reporters over. He said that call never came.
Texas executed Quintin Jones on Wednesday evening for the 1999 murder of his great-aunt. His lawyer argued that Jones’ plea for clemency was rejected in part because he was Black. bit.ly/3wibVwL

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19 May
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Jones was sentenced to death 20 years ago after he killed his 83-year-old great-aunt.

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