[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, OHIO

[Rick Halperin]

Sept. 2



TEXAS----stay of impending execution

Execution for Houston convicted killer postponed


The Harris County District Attorney's Office Wednesday postponed a scheduled 
Sept. 29 execution for Houston convicted killer Perry Eugene Williams to allow 
a federal judge time to appoint an appellate lawyer in the case.

Williams, 34, was sentenced to die for the September 2000 killing of Matthew 
Carter, who was abducted from the parking lot of a video rental store.

After forcing Carter into his own vehicle, Murphy and 3 accomplices drove 
around the area. When Carter attempted to escape, Murphy shot him in the head, 
officials said.

According to court documents, Murphy then took items from the victim. Murphy 
told authorities that the gun accidentally discharged when the victim jostled 
him.

(source: Houston Chronicle)

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Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present----10

Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982----present-----528

Abbott#--------scheduled execution date-----name------------Tx. #

11---------October 6----------------Juan Garcia-----------529

12---------October 14---------------Licho Escamilla-------530

13---------October 28---------------Christopher Wilkins---531

14---------November 3---------------Julius Murphy---------532

15---------November 18--------------Raphael Holiday-------533

16---------January 20 (2016)-----Richard Masterson--------534

17---------January 27---------------James Freeman---------535

18---------February 16--------------Gustavo Garcia--------536

(sources: TDCJ & Rick Halperin)






OHIO----new (2017) execution date

Ohio Supreme Court sets 2017 execution date for condemned killer of 2 in 
robbery spree


The Ohio Supreme Court has set an execution date for a man condemned to die for 
fatally shooting 2 people in a 1992 robbery spree.

A 3-judge panel sentenced Gary Otte to die for killing Robert Wasikowski in an 
apartment in Parma in suburban Cleveland on Feb. 12, 1992, and for killing 
Sharon Kostura in the same apartment complex the next day.

The high court on Wednesday set a March 15, 2017, execution date for the 
43-year-old Otte, who has lost previous appeals of his death sentence.

The decision makes Otte the 24th inmate on death row with an execution date. 
The prison system is scheduled to resume executions in January but hasn't been 
able to obtain new supplies of lethal injection drugs.

(source: Associated Press)