Governor Rick Perry refused to halt the May execution of mentally ill inmate.* Despite a five-to-one recommendation for commutation from the Texas Board of Pardons Part of the executive branch of state government authorized to grant pardons, and restore civil and political rights, to individuals convicted of crimes. A pardon, in the legal sense, releases an individual from punishment or penalty, but does not necessarily exonerate them of guilt. and Paroles and appeals from human rights activists and organizations across the country, Texas Governor Rick Perry James Richard Perry (b. March 4, 1950) is a Republican politician and the Governor of Texas. He assumed office in December 2000 when then-Governor George W. Bush resigned to prepare for his inauguration as President of the United States. Gov. refused to halt the May execution of mentally ill inmate Kelsey Patterson Kelsey Patterson (March 24, 1954 – May 18, 2004) was an African American executed by the U.S. state of Texas. He was convicted of the murder of Louis Oates, 63, and Dorothy Harris, 41. On August 25, 1992, Oates was standing on the loading dock of his Oates Oil Co. , a fifty-year-old paranoid-schizophrenic. Karen Ann Gajewski is a freelance editor and editorial consultant to the Humanist. |
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