A Houston judge who last week ruled that the Texas death penalty procedures are unconstitutional has scheduled a hearing on April 27 to hear evidence on the issue. State District Judge Kevin Fine said he wants more information before making a final decision about whether the state's death penalty statute allows for the possible execution of an innocent person.
Judge Fine has asked Harris County prosecutors and defense attorneys to submit motions on the due process issue by April 12. Fine will then have an evidentiary hearing April 27 when testimony on whether innocent people have been executed in Texas is set to be presented.
The defense attorneys are still determining whom they might call to testify at the April 27 hearing, but they said it might include officials connected to the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, whose 2004 execution for the deaths of his three daughters in a 1991 house fire near Corsicana is now being questioned. Below: Watch video of Judge Fine explaining his ruling from the bench.
Source: Texas Moratorium Network, March 10, 2010
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