Execution Watch: Jefferey Williams, May 15

Jefferey D. Williams

HUNTSVILLE, Texas - The Lone Star State is set to draw closer Wednesday to the ignoble distinction of having put to death 500 people in the modern era of the death penalty, far more than any other state. 

 

Texas plans to kill Jefferey D. Williams, whose execution would be No. 498. Unless Williams receives a stay, Execution Watch will broadcast live coverage and commentary on the state killing.

RADIO SHOW PREVIEW

EXECUTION WATCH

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

Wednesday, 15 May 2013, 6-7 PM Central Time

KPFT FM Houston 90.1 HD3 and Online...

http://executionwatch.org > Listen

Join the discussion on Facebook: Execution Watch

TEXAS PLANS TO EXECUTE:

JEFFEREY D. WILLIAMS, condemned in the 1999 shooting death of a plainclothes Houston police officer who was trying to arrest him for driving a stolen Lexus. Williams claimed he did not know the man was an officer, assumed he was being attacked, and shot the man in self defense. Williams’ execution would be the 498th in Texas 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: RICHARD DIETER, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. His organization recently released a report, “The Clustering of the Death Penalty,” indicating that, while capital punishment is legal in 32 states, only a small percentage of counties actually use it. By far the most active in the United States, is Harris County.

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 June 12, Texas plans to kill ELROY CHESTER.  If it does, Execution Watch will air.

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

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR & STUDIO ENGINEER: Otis Maclay.

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

Execution Watch: Carroll Joe Parr, May 7, 2013

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.

RADIO SHOW PREVIEW

EXECUTION WATCH

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

Tues, 7 May 2013, 6-7 PM Central Time

KPFT FM Houston 90.1 HD3 and Online...

http://executionwatch.org > Listen

Join the discussion on Facebook: Execution Watch

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.

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

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR & STUDIO ENGINEER: Otis Maclay.

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