Texas set to put Quintin Jones to death Wednesday 5/19/21; 1st execution of 2021

[Satanica]

May 19 (UPI) -- Texas is set to resume executions Wednesday after a 10-month hiatus, with the lethal injection of a man convicted of killing an 83-year-old relative over $30.

Quintin Phillippe Jones, 41, is set to die by lethal injection at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville. He was convicted 20 years ago of the 1999 murder of his great-aunt, Berthena Bryant.

Jones' lawyers on Monday filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a stay of execution, saying the state unconstitutionally denied his intellectual disability claim. The petition also said the state used now-discredited expert testimony during the sentencing phase of his trial to assess Jones' future danger potential.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied Jones' application for a stay on May 12, and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted against clemency on Tuesday, according to The Texas Tribune.

Jones confessed to killing Bryant, saying he beat her with a baseball bat after she refused to loan him money. He ultimately took $30 from her purse and stole her car, which he later abandoned in a parking lot.

He told police another man named James lived in his head and blamed the murder on this other personality.
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If executed, Jones would be the fourth person put to death in the United States in 2021. The federal government executed three federal death row inmates in January before President Donald Trump left office.

Texas puts Quintin Jones to death in first execution in 10 months - UPI.com

Texas on Wednesday carried out its first execution after a 10-month hiatus with the lethal injection of a man convicted of killing an 83-year-old relative over $30.

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[Sugar Cookie]

 

[Spider]

Shit Texas is slacking in 2021. This is a late start for them.

 

[Sejanus]

If he 100% did it do it.

One thing about the death penalty has always given me pause though I will admit. The whole restriction on people who have mental impairments or developmental delays not being eligible to be executed. To me that sounds like cruel and unusual punishment in a way leaving them in prison. It's almost like the merciful thing would be to put them down like dogs. It's over quick and it's done. Guilty enough to keep a person caged up forever but not snuff them out. Just doesn't seem logical.

 

[LFODBiker]

FTA - He told police another man named James lived in his head and blamed the murder on this other personality.

In that case does this execution qualify as a two-fer?

I'm failing to see a down side here.

 

[JackBurton]

Fuckin good riddance