Death Row Pastor Urges Gina Hinojosa To Halt Executions in Texas
Summary
Spiritual adviser and death-penalty opponent Jeff Hood urged Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa to use her powers to reduce or stop executions. Hinojosa has said she opposes the death penalty personally but would decide cases individually; Texas law limits her ability to halt executions or grant clemency.Key Facts
- Hood sent Hinojosa a letter dated November 4 urging her to stop executions in Texas.
- Hinojosa, a civil rights attorney and state legislator from Austin, defeated Republican Governor Greg Abbott, according to the article.
- Hinojosa has said she personally opposes the death penalty but would make decisions as governor on a case-by-case basis.
- The article says Texas has carried out more executions than any other state since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
- The Texas governor cannot declare an execution moratorium and can grant a pardon or commute a death sentence only after a written recommendation by a majority of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
- Hood cited the recent execution of Jamaal Howard in Texas in his letter.
- The article says Tennessee inmate Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital during a failed execution attempt on September 30.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom said he would commute the sentences of all 548 people on the state's death row.
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