The Execution of Reginald Blanton 10/27/2009

Reginald Blanton was executed on October 27, 2009. Reginalds case was riddled with injustice. He was convicted of killing his best friend Carlos Garza over jewelry. The evidence against him is of two witnesses, his brother and his brothers then pregnant girlfriend. Both have said they were threatened by the police with being charged with the crime, and both had recanted their statements by the time of trial. He was convicted by an all white jury as a result of jury shuffles to exclude African-Americans from the jury. There was no DNA, no fingerprints, no murder weapon found. The only physical evidence, a shoe print on the door of Mr. Garzas apartment, failed to match to Reginald. In addition, there were glaring problems with his appeals attorney at the state level.

Reginalds case is also important because he is an activist on death row who helped found the DRIVE Movement which has held numerous hunger strikes and protests on death row.

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[coolm0di]

@sXeCanadianBoy raped as a child? I think so, lol, calm done bitch,or i will fuck your mothers brains out...just saying

[sXeCanadianBoy]

@coolm0di You're so stupid. Make comments like that on here and have the nerve to call me names? How far did you make it in school? What a dumb worthless piece of shit, you are. I can't fucking stand people like you!

You know, you're not even worth my attention. I'm blocking you.

[coolm0di]

@sXeCanadianBoy stupid fuck, Lets pretend through faked evidence YOU get the death penalty then WHAT? how can u trust the system, bitch?

[sXeCanadianBoy]

What the hell is with these stupid 'anti-death penalty' morons?

The death penalty is exactly what these ruthless killers deserve, what the hell gives someone the right to murder an innocent person (for no reason!) and be allowed to live? 100% support the death penalty, and I don't even live in Texas!

[shedevil717]

In the state of Texas alone the Innocence Project has exonerated 18 men who were serving life sentences for murder and rape(out of 40 cases tried) Can you imagine you or someone you love being sent to prison based on another man or woman's word.And what happens to these men who have spent most of their adult life in jail for crimes DNA has found them to be innocent? I do believe in capital punishment in some cases but certainly not based on someone's eye witness testimony.

[jaymorpheus11]

I don't get how some are talking about just let him go free when they don't even know if he's innocent or guilty to begin with.

[aollypop4u]

The black guy deserved what he got, which was a needle in both viens

[aviationwingnut]

Yeah, sure. They're ALL innocent. Just ask them. They'll tell you so.

[boomyza]

I am beginning to think we should try to leave this rotten state.

[Pogo81186]

a Decent trial in texas don't exist.

it dont matter how good of a lawyer you have.