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Summary of incident
On 05/02/2001, in The Colony, Texas, Woods and 1 co-defendant used a 380 caliber pistol, a 45 caliber pistol, and a knife to kill a 21 year old white male victim by shooting the victim 6 times in the head and cutting his neck 4 times. A 19 year old white female victim was also killed by receiving 2 shots to the head, 1 shot in the knee, and cutting her throat. Woods and the co-defendant took property from the victims which included their car keys, backpacks, a cell phone and other personal items.
Offender Information - Steven Woods (http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/woodssteven.htm - broken link)
Perry didn't convict him, a jury of his peers did. And I am damn glad they convicted and killed that POS!!!
Then the only question I have is...is it okay for one of the scumbags to only get life -> the one who admitted doing the killing and the other who according to others planned it but didn't kill anyone -> get the death sentence.
Then the only question I have is...is it okay for one of the scumbags to only get life -> the one who admitted doing the killing and the other who according to others planned it but didn't kill anyone -> get the death sentence.
Witnesses testified at Woods' 2002 trial that he lured Whitehead to the isolated road on the pretense of a drug deal and killed him because he knew about another killing involving Woods two months earlier in California.
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Woods, a former runaway, drifter and drug dealer who began his deviant odyssey in Chicago was also a white supremacist, into bomb-making, mistreatment of animals and was a Satanist.
I can't speak for the person you're addressing, but I would prefer Texas to execute the other scumbag as well. I agree that there are issues where money buys a criminal his way out of a conviction (can you say OJ?) as well as a rightful sentence. But it's hard to argue that Woods didn't deserve to die for his actions. At least the state finished half the job.
Agree. If they're going to execute one, they should execute both. If one get's life, the other should get life.
Both POS's are criminals and deserve the punishments...but both should be doled out equally.
Then the only question I have is...is it okay for one of the scumbags to only get life -> the one who admitted doing the killing and the other who according to others planned it but didn't kill anyone -> get the death sentence.
I believe you live in Texas? do you not know that if you are involved in a crime and someone in your group commits a murder, everyone can be tried for the murder and can recieve the death penalty?
On 13Sept2011 Steven M. Woods died of a lethal injection in a Texas Prison.
He had been found guilty of murdering two people in a reputed drug deal gone bad, he admitted being present at the scene but taking no part in the killings.
The Prosecution could find no DNA or any other forensic evidence linking him to the actual act of taking either person's life.
Marcus Rhodes, the actual murderer, admitted to killing both victims. Police recovered the murder weapons, the victim's property, Rhodes fingerprints were on the murder weapon and the shell casings.
Marcus Rhodes is the son of prominent Texas businessman and CPA Sam Rhodes; who used his influence and as a result of that influence his son Marcus Rhodes received life in prison with the possibility of parole.
The family of Steven M. Woods made numerous appeals to Gov. Rick Perry to halt this injustice and save their son. Rick Perry refused to hear them.
How many times do we have to deal with these LIES about Rick Perry being some monster that wont use his power to stop unjust death penalties?
HOW MANY?????
People the Governor of Texas does not have the legal power to stop an execution!!!!
But he DOES have the power to issue a reprieve for a re-examination of the facts and SENTENCING!!!!
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