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Texas is to execute another inmate by lethal injection, Ryan Dickson for the shotgun murders of an elderly couple. This will be the thirteenth execution this year by Texas. Days ago The Supreme Court threw out 3 death sentence cases because of court negligence. Ryan was just 18 at the time of his crime, and had he been 13 days younger, he would have been taken from death row and incarcerated in another unit, because he would have been a juvenile when his crime occurred. I will do a follow up on Ryan.
Contact Information To The Governor of Texas:
TEXAS Governor Rick Perry
Office of the GovernorP.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428
USAFax: (512) 463-1849
Phone: (512) 463-1782
UPDATE:
Ryan Dickson, 30 years old was executed by lethal injection in Texas last night. He was the thirteenth inmate executed by Texas this year, and the 152nd inmate executed under the Governorship of Governor Rick Perry. This amount of executions equals the same amount by President George Bush, when he was Governor of Texas.
Ryan was 18 at the time of his crime, and fell short just 13 days of being a juvinile. Texas does not executed juveniles, and Dickson would have served life in prison. A troubled youth, Dickson was in trouble with the law at an early age for assaults and burglery, and at the age of nine was on probation for stealing bikes. Ryan served time in the Texas Youth Center.
Ryan was convicted for the shotgun murders of Carmelo Surace, 61, and his wife, Marie, 60. Dickson claimed it was a robbery gone bad when he wrestled with Mr. Surace for the gun, and the gun went off killing Surace. He also claims shooting Mrs. Surace was an accident. Former Potter County District Attorney Rebecca King, who prosecuted the two capital murder cases against Dickson, disputed his story of the shootings, especially Marie Surace's death. The woman was trying to make a phone call, she said, according to MICHAEL GRACZYK reporter, and posted from The Star Telegram. Dickson's brother and two other companions stood outside the store as "look outs" when the robbery of $20.00 of beer took place.
When asked if he had any last words, Dickson was reported to have said "I am sorry for what I did, and I take responsibility for what I did," "I do apologize to the Surace family," Dickson said in the seconds before he died. "I am responsible for them losing their mother, their father, their grandfather and their grandmother. I never meant for them to be taken." There no witnesses on either side, Dickson's family or the victims family.
Just days ago, three Texas inmate's death row cases were rejected from the court because of court negligence in guiding the jurors, concerning migrating factors. It is disputable wether or not there were any migrating factors in Dickson's case. An estimate 50 more Texas cases stemming from 1991 are expected to be reviewed and possibly resentenced.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/226492/three_death_sentences_rejected_more.html
Sources:Michael, staff reporter
Ryan was 18 at the time of his crime, and fell short just 13 days of being a juvinile. Texas does not executed juveniles, and Dickson would have served life in prison. A troubled youth, Dickson was in trouble with the law at an early age for assaults and burglery, and at the age of nine was on probation for stealing bikes. Ryan served time in the Texas Youth Center.
Ryan was convicted for the shotgun murders of Carmelo Surace, 61, and his wife, Marie, 60. Dickson claimed it was a robbery gone bad when he wrestled with Mr. Surace for the gun, and the gun went off killing Surace. He also claims shooting Mrs. Surace was an accident. Former Potter County District Attorney Rebecca King, who prosecuted the two capital murder cases against Dickson, disputed his story of the shootings, especially Marie Surace's death. The woman was trying to make a phone call, she said, according to MICHAEL GRACZYK reporter, and posted from The Star Telegram. Dickson's brother and two other companions stood outside the store as "look outs" when the robbery of $20.00 of beer took place.
When asked if he had any last words, Dickson was reported to have said "I am sorry for what I did, and I take responsibility for what I did," "I do apologize to the Surace family," Dickson said in the seconds before he died. "I am responsible for them losing their mother, their father, their grandfather and their grandmother. I never meant for them to be taken." There no witnesses on either side, Dickson's family or the victims family.
Just days ago, three Texas inmate's death row cases were rejected from the court because of court negligence in guiding the jurors, concerning migrating factors. It is disputable wether or not there were any migrating factors in Dickson's case. An estimate 50 more Texas cases stemming from 1991 are expected to be reviewed and possibly resentenced.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/226492/three_death_sentences_rejected_more.html
Sources:Michael, staff reporter
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