Posted on 05/17/2006 5:41:31 PM PDT by COEXERJ145
(May, 17, 2006)—Texas death row inmate Jermaine Herron, 27, was executed Wednesday evening in Huntsville for the 1997 slayings of a woman and her 15-year-old-son at a ranch in South Texas.
Betsy Nutt, 41, and her son Cody were attacked at their home on a ranch in Refugio County.
Earlier Wednesday the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused to block the execution after Herron’s attorneys challenged the drugs used in the deadly cocktail administered to condemned inmates, saying they cause “excessive pain.”
The U.S. Supreme Court also refused to stop the execution Wednesday.
Herron was the ninth inmate executed so far this year in Texas.
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Rest in Peace, Betsy and Cody.
What did he have for his last meal?
details on this POS:
Media Advisory: Jermain Herron Scheduled For Execution
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott offers the following information about Jermaine Herron, who is scheduled to be executed after 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, 2006. On April 28, 1999, Herron was convicted and sentenced to death for his involvement the shooting deaths of Betsy Nutt and her son Cody in Refugio County. A summary of the evidence presented at trial follows.
FACTS OF THE CRIME
When Jerry Nutt arrived home from work one day in the summer of 1997, he found the bodies of his wife, Betsy, and the couple’s son,” Cody, in their mobile home, located on the Dos Amigos Ranch, about ten miles north of Refugio.
A murder investigation quickly focused on Herron and another man named Derrick Frazier. Herron had previously lived in the Nutt’s home and had visited the ranch owners the day before the murders with Frazier. The ranch owner’s home had been burglarized the same day as the murders. Police later discovered much of the stolen property in either Frazier or Herron’s possession. When police searched the apartment of Jermaine Herron’s girlfriend, investigators recovered Betsy Nutt’s cell phone and a 9-millimeter handgun also stolen from the Ranch owners’ home. Firearms experts determined the gun was the murder weapon. Further, both Frazier and Herron provided a videotaped statements admitting to the crime, Herron specifically admitted to murdering Cody Nutt.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Aug. 8, 1997 — A Refugio County grand jury indicted Heron.
April 28, 1999 — Judgment was entered after a jury found Herron guilty of capital murder and following a separate punishment hearing, the court assessed a sentence of death.
Mar. 26, 2001 -– Herron filed a state writ application in the trial court, concurrent with his direct appeal.
Oct. 9, 2002 — Herron’s conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in a published opinion.
Nov. 13, 2002 — The Court of Criminal Appeals denied Herron’s application for state habeas relief and adopted the findings of the trial court.
Jan. 5, 2002 — Herron filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in a U.S. district court.
Mar. 24, 2005 — The federal district court denied habeas relief.
Dec. 14, 2005 — The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Herron a certificate of appealability.
Jan. 18, 2006— The trial court entered an order setting the execution date for May 17, 2006.
Mar. 8, 2006 — Herron petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for certiorari review, petition is still pending.
Mar. 8, 2006 — Herron asked the Supreme Court for a stay of execution.
PRIOR CRIMINAL HISTORY
Herron was accused of participating in two aggravated robberies, including slitting the throat of a cab driver during a robbery, but these charges were not pursued in light of his capital murder conviction.
MISCELLANEOUS
For additional information and statistics, please go to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice website, www.tdcj.state.tx.us.
That would be record pace for California
Ping to some good news.
The liberal slant: But what if he was innocent???? Sob Sob!!
Justice was done.
Very good news.
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Kentucky Fried Chicken Dinner?????
That's a death wish in itself,
Proving once again that Texas is not California.
We have an express lane, courtesy of Ron White.
I went down to the Valley week before last and stopped at the Dairy Queen in Refugio. They had a sign on the outskirts of town (pop 2900+) saying it was the birthplace of Nolan Ryan. You know that her husband was there tonight and he will have a very lonely drive back to his home. Justice would truly have been served if her husband could have intervened with a .12 gauge prior to her death. I want them to get the guy that got the reprieve last night. I remember the Jennifer Eartman case all too well. God rest their souls. Thanks for the ping.
Absolutely.
9 years...same thing that crossed my mind. Usually it's 20+ while he goes through appeal after appeal.
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