Entries tagged with “Quintin Jones”
Executions
May 10, 2022
ACLU Review of Quintin Jones Execution Documents Finds Texas “Woefully Unprepared to Carry Out an Execution”
Documents that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) withheld from public disclosure for months reveal that “confusion and lack of training” have left the state “woefully unprepared to carry out an execution,” according to the American Civil Liberties Union. On June 4, 2021, the ACLU filed a request with TDCJ for records related to the state’s May 19, 2021 execution of Quintin Jones, in which the execution team failed to bring media witnesses into the chamber. The execution, which…
Executions
May 24, 2021
Citing ‘Inexperience’ and ‘Miscommunication,’ Texas Conducts Execution Without Media Witnesses
In a failure of transparency one legislative leader described as “unfathomable,” the State of Texas put Quintin Jones (pictured) to death on May 19, 2021 without any media witnesses present to observe the execution. It was the first time in the 571 executions conducted by Texas since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld its death penalty statute in 1976 that no media witnesses were present. Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Director of Communications Jeremy Desel blamed the snafu on…
Issues
Victims' Families
,May 18, 2021
Victim’s Family Seeks Clemency for Quintin Jones, Facing May 19 Execution in Texas
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has voted to deny clemency to Quintin Jones (pictured, right), disregarding the request by the family of Berthena Bryant, whom Jones killed in 1999, asking Texas Governor Greg Abbott to commute his sentence to life in prison. The board’s vote on May 18, 2021 comes one day before Jones is scheduled to be executed. Bryant was Jones’ great-aunt. The family’s plea for clemency, which stresses Jones’ remorse and rehabilitation, has gained the support of more…