Carroll Joe Parr
HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Carroll Joe Parr, whose childhood neglect and abuse were extreme even by death-row standards, is slated to be put to death Tuesday.
His would be the 497th Texas execution in the modern death-penalty era. No other state comes close for volume. Second-place Virginia has executed 110.
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EXECUTION WATCH
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Tues, 7 May 2013, 6-7 PM Central Time
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TEXAS PLANS TO EXECUTE:
CARROLL JOE PARR,
grew up in poverty so extreme, he was often given baked dirt to eat.
His sister once tried to kill him. Texas plans to execute Parr for the
shooting death of a man in a drug deal outside a North Waco convenience
store in 2003. Parr and his fall partner, Earl Whiteside, were accused
of approaching two men sitting in a car, forcing them to the side of the
building, and robbing and shooting them. One victim survived. Whiteside
testified against Parr and received a 15-year sentence on a plea to
aggravated robbery. Parr’s would be the 497th Texas execution in the
modern death-penalty era.
SHOW LINEUP
Host: RAY HILL, an ex-convict and activist who founded -- and hosted for 30 years -- The Prison Show on KPFT. His internet radio show airs each Wednesday at 2 PM CT.: hmsnetradio.org.
Legal Analyst: JIM SKELTON,
a legal educator, retired attorney and native Texan who has seen
capital trials from both the prosecution and defense tables. Joining him
will be Houston criminal defense attorneys SUSAN ASHLEY, LARRY DOUGLAS, MICHAEL GILLESPIE & JACK LEE.
Featured Interview: CARROLL JOE PARR, who gave Execution Watch a 20-minute interview six days before his scheduled execution. If Texas puts Parr to death, Execution Watch will broadcast his interview, unedited and in full. A video of the interview will air later on Houston MediaSource, www.hmstv.org.
Reporter, Outside the Death House, Huntsville: DR. DENNIS LONGMIRE, a professor in the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville.
Reporter, Vigil, Houston: JENNIFER SIMMONS, member, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, www.tcadp.org.
NEXT SCHEDULED EXECUTION
On May 14, Texas plans to kill JOHN QUINTANILLA JR. If it does, Execution Watch will air.
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR & STUDIO ENGINEER: Otis Maclay.
THEME: By Victoria Panetti, SheMonster International, myspace.com/shemonster
2 comments:
I know many that were brought up in poverty and such, but they went on to pull themselves out of it instead of continually blaming others. In other words, there are choices, and eating a dirt cake will likely not cause a person to murder over money.
Common sense has eluded this site, protecting those who are FINALLY being held accountable.
What about humanity here ?
God wants us to pardon ourselves.
God has never allowed anybody to kill, even in the name of justice.
God pardons.
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