Post by pavel on Jan 26, 2016 5:57:23 GMT -6
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency on Monday for a Wharton County man who killed a game warden.
James Garrett Freeman's execution is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Freeman, who has been on death row since 2008, is requesting that he be granted a life sentence instead.
The board's vote not to recommend Gov. Greg Abbott grant Freeman clemency was unanimous, Public Information Director Raymond Estrada said.
Read more: www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2016/jan/25/wharton-county-death-row-inmate-denied-clemency/
James Garrett Freeman's execution is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Freeman, who has been on death row since 2008, is requesting that he be granted a life sentence instead.
The board's vote not to recommend Gov. Greg Abbott grant Freeman clemency was unanimous, Public Information Director Raymond Estrada said.
Read more: www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2016/jan/25/wharton-county-death-row-inmate-denied-clemency/