Entries tagged with “Billie Wayne Coble”
Policy Issues
Prosecutorial Accountability
,Mar 31, 2020
Texas Appeals Court Rejects Recommendation for New Trial for Death-Row Prisoner
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (TCCA) has once again rejected the findings of a trial court that a death-row prisoner was entitled to relief from his conviction or death…
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Prosecutorial Accountability
,Feb 28, 2019
Texas Plans to Execute Prisoner Whose Death Sentence Was Influenced by False and Unreliable Testimony
Texas is scheduled to execute Billie Wayne Coble (pictured) on February 28, 2019, despite court findings that two expert witnesses who testified for the prosecution gave “problematic” and “fabricated” testimony at his trial. Coble was sentenced to death in 1990 and resentenced in 2008 after his original sentence was overturned as a result of constitutionally deficient jury instructions. At his resentencing, the issue of future dangerousness presented a…