They also argued that one of the jury members who planned to vote for a life sentence was misled by the court’s instructions. He was originally sentenced to death in 1991 for the murder the year before of 66-year-old Robert Laminack, who picked up Brent Brewer and his girlfriend Krystie Lynn Nystrom before stabbing him in the back, the couple leaving the crime scene with the victim What fled was a wallet containing $140.
21st execution this year
The death sentence, imposed in 1991, was overturned by the Supreme Court of the United States in 2007, but was confirmed in a new trial in 2009, based in particular on the testimony of the psychiatric expert, later deemed unreliable by the Texas courts, on the “future dangerousness” investigate the convicted person. Brent Brewer expressed regret over his actions in a video message and explained that he only realized the seriousness of the crime after his arrest.
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According to a recent Gallup poll on the death penalty, a majority of Americans (50% vs. 47%) believe it is not applied fairly in the United States, a first since this monthly poll was launched in 2000. A majority (53 % ) still supports the death penalty, according to the same source. This is the 21st execution of 2023 in the United States, the seventh in Texas, all by lethal injection.