[amc] FW: Kenneth Foster-Governor GRANTS clemency
- From: "garland robertson" <pastor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Austin Mennonite Church" <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 09:37:11 -0600
Members and Friends of Austin Mennonite Church
I am sending this report for your awareness.
May it go well with you. Sincerely,
Garland Robertson
...always hold firmly to the thought that each one of us can do something to
bring some portion of misery to an end
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Subject: Kenneth Foster-Governor GRANTS clemency
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From Governor's website!
Aug. 30, 2007
Perry Commutes Death Sentence
AUSTIN - Gov. Rick Perry today commuted the death sentence of Kenneth Eugene
Foster of San Antonio to life imprisonment after the Texas Board of Pardons
and Paroles (TBPP) recommended such action.
On May 6, 1997, Foster was sentenced to death for his role in the 1996
capital murder of Michael LaHood. Foster sought to have his death sentence
commuted to a life sentence arguing that he did not shoot the victim, but
merely drove the car in which that the actual killer was riding. In
addition, Foster was tried along side the actual killer, Maurecio Brown, and
the jury that convicted Foster also considered punishment for both him and
his co-defendant in the same proceeding.
"After carefully considering the facts of this case, along with the
recommendations from the Board of Pardons and Paroles, I believe the right
and just decision is to commute Foster's sentence from the death penalty to
life imprisonment," Gov. Perry said. "I am concerned about Texas law that
allows capital murder defendants to be tried simultaneously, and it is an
issue I think the legislature should examine."
The TBPP voted 6-1 to recommend commutation, and the governor signed the
commutation papers Thursday morning.
The governor's action means Foster's sentence will be commuted to life
imprisonment as soon as the Texas Department of Criminal Justice can process
this change.
Contact the Governor by Telephone and Thank him for this decision!
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Board votes to spare Texas man set to die tonight!
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Aug. 30, 2007, 11:03AM
By MICHAEL GRACZYK
Associated Press
HUNTSVILLE -- The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted today to
recommend
that Gov. Rick Perry spare condemned prisoner Kenneth Foster from execution
and commute his sentence to life.
The vote from the seven-member board was 6-1. Foster was facing lethal
injection this evening.
Perry does not have to accept the highly unusual recommendation from the
board
whose members he appoints.
There was no immediate response from the governor's office.
Foster was the getaway driver and not the actual shooter in the slaying of a
25-year-old man in San Antonio 11 years ago.
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