Execution Watch: Miguel Paredes, Oct. 28

Miguel Paredes

On Tuesday, Texas is slated to carry out its last execution of 2014, that of Miguel Paredes.

Last month, Paredes gave Execution Watch an interview, which we will broadcast in its entirety. This edition of the show will air in Houston on the HD3 channel of KPFT FM because the station is in fund drive. As always, a live stream of the show will be accessible worldwide at http://executionwatch.org > Listen.

MIGUEL PAREDES, Convicted of acting with John Saenz and Greg Alvarado in 2000 to shoot and kill three members of a rival gang in San Antonio. Paredes, who joined the Pistoleros prison gang before he was 17, was one of 20 children born to poor, Mexican-immigrant parents. The family moved to the west side of San Antonio when Paredes was a boy. After going to death row, he contributed Part 3 of a series called, "Letter to a Future Death Row Inmate." The text of the letter he wrote and a link to his his artwork are at http://minutesbeforesix.blogspot.com/2010/09/letters-to-future-death-row-inmate-part.html

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 Wednesdays, 2 PM CT, at hmsnetradio.org.

Legal Analyst: JIM SKELTON, a legal educator, retired attorney and native Texan who has seen capital trials as a prosecutor and a defense attorney. Also, Houston criminal defense attorneys SUSAN ASHLEY, LARRY DOUGLAS, MICHAEL GILLESPIE & JACK LEE.

Featured Guest: MIGUEL PAREDES, the condemned man, who gave an interview to Execution Watch last month. The results will broadcast unedited and uncut. A videotape of the interview, and of the show’s live radio broadcast, will air soon on Houston MediaSource, http://hmstv.org/.

Reporter, Outside the Death House, Huntsville: PAT HARTWELL, member, Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement, www.abolitionmovement.org.

Reporter, Vigil, Houston: DAVE ATWOOD, founder and former board member, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, www.tcadp.org.

NEXT SCHEDULED EXECUTION

On Jan. 14, Texas plans to kill RODNEY REED, one of nine Texas executions already scheduled in 2015. Execution Watch will air coverage of each.

PRODUCER: Elizabeth, eliza.tx.usa [at] gmail.com.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Otis Maclay.

VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Pirtle.

THEME: By Victoria Panetti, SheMonster International, myspace.com/shemonster.

Execution Watch: Robert Campbell, May 13

Robert Campbell

HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Oklahoma has put a hold on executions while its method of inducing death is investigated, but Texas intends to go forward Tuesday with executing Robert Campbell using lethal injection.

Execution Watch will provide live coverage online and on the HD3 channel of  KPFT FM 90.1 Houston.

RADIO SHOW PREVIEW

Execution Watch

Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 6-7 PM Central Time

Unless a stay is issued, we'll broadcast live on:

KPFT FM Houston 90.1, HD3 Channel (due to KPFT fund drive), and

Online, http://executionwatch.org > Listen

Updates on Facebook: Execution Watch

TEXAS PLANS TO EXECUTE:

ROBERT CAMPBELL, convicted for the 1991 abduction and murder of a woman in Houston. His case made headlines again in 2005, when  investigators discovered about 150 pieces of evidence misplaced by Houston Police, including a cigarette butt that was collected at the scene of the murder but never brought to the attention of Campbell's trial attorney. His appellate attorneys were seeking a stay, based in part on the secrecy surrounding Texas's execution drugs, which are from an unknown source.

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 Wednesdays, 2 PM CT, at hmsnetradio.org.

Legal Analyst: JIM SKELTON, a legal educator, retired attorney and native Texan who has seen capital trials as a prosecutor and a defense attorney. Also, Houston criminal defense attorneys SUSAN ASHLEY, LARRY DOUGLAS, MICHAEL GILLESPIE & JACK LEE.

Featured interview guest: PROF. KEVIN BARRY, Quinnipiac University School of Law, who predicts that the Connecticut Supreme Court, which is poised to be the first court in nearly a century to rule on whether the state may outlaw the death penalty for new crimes yet keep it on the books for those already committed, will allow the executions to go forward. Other states facing the post-repeal dilemma are New Mexico, Maryland, Kansas and Delaware.

Reporter, Outside the Death House, Huntsville: PAT HARTWELL, member, Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement, www.abolitionmovement.org.
Reporter, Vigil, Houston: DAVE ATWOOD, founder and former board member, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, www.tcadp.org.

NEXT SCHEDULED EXECUTION

On Aug. 6, Texas plans to kill MANUEL VASQUEZ. If it does, Execution Watch will air.

PRODUCER: Elizabeth, eliza.tx.usa [at] gmail.com.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Otis Maclay.

VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Pirtle.

THEME: By Victoria Panetti, SheMonster International, myspace.com/shemonster.

Execution Watch: Ramiro Hernandez, April 9

Ramiro Hernandez

HUNTSVILLE, Texas - The planned execution Wednesday of Ramiro Hernandez came one step closer to reality when an appeals court ruled that Texas prison officials may continue to keep secret the source of the drug they've purchased to kill him.

The 5th U.S. Circuit court of Appeals determined Monday that the drug was effective and there was no compelling evidence that protections provided by the U.S. Constitution would be violated under current procedures.

Unless Hernandez receives a stay, Execution Watch will provide live coverage of the state killing.

RADIO SHOW PREVIEW

Execution Watch

Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 6-7 PM Central Time

Unless a stay is issued, we'll broadcast live on:

KPFT FM Houston 90.1 and

Online, http://executionwatch.org > Listen

Updates on Facebook: Execution Watch

TEXAS PLANS TO EXECUTE:

RAMIRO HERNANDEZ, convicted of killing a Kerrville man and raping his wife in 1997. A U.S. appeals court ruled Monday that Texas officials may continue to withhold from Hernandez the source of the drugs they’ve purchased to kill him. Attorneys from the Cornell Death Penalty Project said Hernandez, who literally grew up on a toxic waste dump in Mexico, is mentally retarded and therefore ineligible for execution.

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 Wednesdays, 2 PM CT, at hmsnetradio.org.

Legal Analyst: JIM SKELTON, a legal educator, retired attorney and native Texan who has seen capital trials as a prosecutor and a defense attorney. Also, Houston criminal defense attorneys SUSAN ASHLEY, LARRY DOUGLAS, MICHAEL GILLESPIE & JACK LEE.

Reporter, Outside the Death House, Huntsville: PAT HARTWELL, member, Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement, www.abolitionmovement.org.

Reporter, Vigil, Houston: DAVE ATWOOD, founder and former board member, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, www.tcadp.org.

NEXT SCHEDULED EXECUTION

On April 16, Texas plans to kill JOSE VILLEGAS. If it does, Execution Watch will air.

PRODUCER: Elizabeth, eliza.tx.usa [at] gmail.com.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Otis Maclay.

VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Pirtle.

THEME: By Victoria Panetti, SheMonster International, myspace.com/shemonster.

Execution Watch: Tommy Sells, April 3

Tommy Sells

HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Tommy Sells is one of two death-row prisoners who prevailed recently in a lawsuit demanding that Texas prison officials disclose the source of the drugs used in lethal injections.

But the court decision has not stopped the wheels of death from turning. Sells is slated for execution Thursday.

RADIO SHOW PREVIEW

Execution Watch

Thursday, April 3, 2014, 6-7 PM Central Time

Unless a stay is issued, we'll broadcast live on:

KPFT FM Houston 90.1 and

Online, http://executionwatch.org > Listen

Updates on Facebook: Execution Watch

TEXAS PLANS TO EXECUTE:

TOMMY SELLS, condemned in the New Year’s Eve 1999 slaying of a teenage girl in Del  Rio in 1999. When Del Rio police questioned Sells about the killing, he took responsibility for it and dozens of slayings around the country. His appellate lawyers said detectives pressured him into making far-fetched assertions about being a serial killer. His attorneys also said counsel failed to represent Sells effectively, both at trial and early in the appeals process.

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 Wednesdays, 2 PM CT, at hmsnetradio.org.

Legal Analyst: JIM SKELTON, a legal educator, retired attorney and native Texan who has seen capital trials as a prosecutor and a defense attorney. Also, Houston criminal defense attorneys SUSAN ASHLEY, LARRY DOUGLAS, MICHAEL GILLESPIE & JACK LEE.

Featured Interview: TOMMY SELLS, whose recent death-row interview with Execution Watch will be broadcast in full.

Reporter, Outside the Death House, Huntsville: GLORIA RUBAC, member, Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement, www.abolitionmovement.org.

Reporter, Vigil, Houston: DAVE ATWOOD, founder and former board member, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, www.tcadp.org.

NEXT SCHEDULED EXECUTION

On April 9, Texas plans to kill Mexican national RAMIRO HERNANDEZ. If it does, Execution Watch will air.

PRODUCER: Elizabeth, eliza.tx.usa [at] gmail.com.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Otis Maclay.

VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Pirtle.

THEME: By Victoria Panetti, SheMonster International, myspace.com/shemonster.

Execution Watch: Anthony Doyle, March 27

Anthony Doyle

By Execution Watch

HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS - For the second time in as many weeks, Texas is preparing to execute a black man who was a teenager when he allegedly committed murder.

Anthony Doyle is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his execution, scheduled for Thursday. If the high court rules against him, Execution Watch will provide live coverage of the state-sanctioned killing.

RADIO SHOW PREVIEW

EXECUTION WATCH

Unless a stay is issued, we'll broadcast live:

Thursday, March 27, 2014, 6-7 PM Central Time

KPFT FM 90.1, Houston, and Online:

http://executionwatch.org > Listen

Updates on Facebook: Execution Watch

TEXAS PLANS TO EXECUTE:

ANTHONY DOYLE, convicted of beating to death a doughnut delivery woman in suburban Dallas when he was 18 years old. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned down his appeal in July, rejecting arguments that his confession was involuntary, his legal help at trial was deficient, and his sentence was unconstitutional.

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 Wednesdays at 2 PM CT.: hmsnetradio.org.

Legal Analyst: JIM SKELTON, a legal educator, retired attorney and native Texan who has seen capital trials as a prosecutor and a defense attorney. Also, Houston criminal defense attorneys SUSAN ASHLEY, LARRY DOUGLAS, MICHAEL GILLESPIE & JACK LEE.

Featured Interview: TBA.

Reporter, Outside the Death House, Huntsville: DR. DENNIS LONGMIRE, Professor of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University.

Reporter, Vigil, Houston: DAVE ATWOOD, founder and former board member, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, www.tcadp.org.

NEXT SCHEDULED EXECUTION

On April 3, Texas plans to kill TOMMY SELLS. If it does, Execution Watch will air.

PRODUCER: Elizabeth, eliza.tx.usa @gmail.com.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Otis Maclay.

VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHER: Mark Pirtle

THEME: By Victoria Panetti, SheMonster International, myspace.com/shemonster.