HOUSTON — A Texas inmate whose lawyers say has a history of mental illness faces execution on Wednesday for killing his mother and burying her body in her backyard nearly 20 years ago.
Beatty’s attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his scheduled execution, arguing he was being prevented from receiving a full examination to determine if he is intellectually disabled and possibly ineligible to be put to death. He has had three prior execution dates.His attorneys have requested that state prison officials allow Beatty to be uncuffed during mental health evaluations by experts.
Federal judges in East Texas and Houston and the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans have previously ruled against Beatty’s request for an evaluation without handcuffs. The federal appeals court called Beatty’s request a “delay tactic.” U.S.
On Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously declined to commute Beatty’s death sentence to a lesser penalty or to grant a six-month reprieve.
She DID raise him..... a murderer.
'Death is only the beginning.' - Imhotep
Adios. B
At least Texas does it Right
Doesn’t bring the victim back and doesn’t deter future murders. It’s just about the vengeance. Ours is an underdeveloped and morally compromised society.
Democrats are building a statue of him to worship