[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS

[Rick Halperin]

May 25



TEXAS----new execution date

Convicted killer in 1996 Kerrville slaying set to die


A convicted killer on death row for a January 1996 fatal robbery in the Texas 
Hill Country is set to die later this summer.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said Monday the 
agency has received court documents setting 42-year-old Jeffrey Wood for lethal 
injection Aug. 24.

Wood's 2008 execution was stopped by a federal judge for testing to determine 
if Wood was mentally competent for capital punishment. Testing showed he was 
competent and other courts now have upheld those findings.

Wood was convicted under the Texas law of parties, which makes the participant 
in a capital murder equally culpable of the crime. Evidence showed his 
roommate, Daniel Reneau, fatally shot 31-year-old Kerrville store clerk Kriss 
Keeran. Both men then robbed the store.

Reneau was executed in 2002.

(source: click2houston.com)

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Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present----19

Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982----present-----537

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

20---------June 2-------------------Charles Flores--------538

21---------June 21------------------Robert Roberson-------539

22---------July 14------------------Perry Williams--------540

23---------August 10----------------Ramiro Gonzales-------541

24---------August 23----------------Robert Pruett---------542

25---------August 24----------------Jeffrey Wood----------543

26---------August 31----------------Rolando Ruiz----------544

27---------September 14-------------Robert Jennings-------545

28---------October 19---------------Terry Edwards---------546

(sources: TDCJ & Rick Halperin)