It's been many years since Texas attempted two executions in the span of three days but the state will attempt to do just that this week.
It's been many years since Texas attempted two executions in the span of three days but the state will attempt to do just that next week. Without court intervention,The attorneys representing the inmates have been reluctant to discuss the arguments they'll make in court to try to save their clients' lives. But, as is true for almost everyone on death row, there was littlepresented at their trials to demonstrate the hardships these men endured.
From an early age, Green talked about wanting to kill himself, of having nothing to live for. According to Mowla, at the time of the murder Green met the criteria for schizoaffective disorder, which causes breaks from reality. He had severe, chronic depression, manic episodes, and personality disorders. Green"talked nonsensically, 'heard demons,' and believed vampires followed him," Mowla writes.
None of this was presented at Brown's trial."No jury nor court has ever heard about Mr. Brown's horrific childhood, rife with violence and poverty, or about how before being charged and convicted of this crime, Mr. Brown was on his way to quietly living life with the mother of his children and being the father to them that he never had," his attorney Benjamin Wolff writes in a clemency application submitted Feb. 16.
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