Prison Pen Pals www.friendonline.org
  • About Friendonline
    • Helpful hints
  • USA
    • Oklahoma >
      • Emanuel Mitchell
      • James Mitchell
    • Louisiana
    • Florida >
      • Luis Caballero
      • Waldo Jeune
    • Texas >
      • Death Row >
        • A-B-C >
          • Alfred Brown
          • Allen Bridgers
          • Arturo Diaz
          • Beunka Adams
          • Beunka Adams
          • Carol Joe Parr
          • Carlos Ayestas
          • Carlos Trevino
          • Charles Don FLores
          • Christopher Wilkins
        • D-E-F >
          • Douglas Tyrone Armstrong
          • Duane Edward Buck
          • Elroy Chester
          • Fabian Hernandez
        • G-H-I >
          • Gary Green
          • Gerald Marshall
          • Guadalupe Esparza
          • Hector Medina
          • Humberto Garza
        • J-K-L >
          • James Broadnax
          • Juan Castillo
          • Jesse Joe Hernandez
          • Joe M. Luna
          • John Battalglia
          • John Allen Rubio
          • John M. Quintanilla >
            • The true story
          • John H. Ramirez
          • Joseph Gamboa
          • Juan Alvarez
          • Ker'Sean Ramey
          • LeJames Norman
        • M-N-O >
          • Manuel Velez
          • Milton Dwayne Gobert
          • Nelson Gongora
        • P-Q-R >
          • Pablo Melendez
          • Pablo Vasquez
          • Paul David Storey
          • Pete Russel
          • Preston Hughes >
            • The case
            • The case
          • Ramiro Ibarra
          • Ramiro Gonzalez
          • Raul Cortez
          • Ray Freeney
          • Robert Campbell
          • Ronald Hamilton
          • Ronnie Threadgill
          • Rosendo Rodriquez
          • Ricardo Vasquez
          • Ruben Gutierrez
        • S-T-U >
          • Santos Minjarez
          • Selwyn Davis
          • Stanley Griffin
          • Travis Runnels >
            • Reality Row
        • V-W-X >
          • Walter Sorto
          • Wesley Ruiz
          • William Rayford
        • Y-Z
      • Prison >
        • A-B-C >
          • Allan Bailey
          • Andrell Thompson
          • Andrew Sindt
          • Anthony Wiley
          • Bennie Price
          • Chad Davis >
            • Photos
            • Music
          • Charles Anthony Allen
          • Charlie Harris
          • Christopher Garcia
        • D-E-F >
          • Danny Dixon
          • Danny Spence
          • David Montanez
          • Doyal Garrett
          • Eliott Guerrero >
            • Poems
          • Emanuel Camacho Gomez
          • Fernando Puente
        • G-H-I >
          • Gerardo LLanas
          • Haywood Chambers
          • Irvan K. Beverly
          • Isaac Tamayo
        • J-K-L >
          • Jacob Sotello
          • James Michael Sepesi
          • Jeremiah D. Crow
          • Jerry Bradford
          • Jose Eloy Salazar
          • Joshua Paul De Leon
          • Julio Marcos
          • Kevin Cupples
          • Loerey Bernal
        • M-N-O >
          • Marcus Long
          • Mario Harris
          • Michael Betts
          • Michael Brown
          • Michael Montgomery
          • Odell Baker
        • P-Q-R >
          • Paul Polk
          • Phil Moss
          • Reid Whitesides
          • Robert Arambula
          • Robert Dudley
          • Robert McClure
          • Robert Torres
          • Roger Uvalle
          • Roosevelt Smith Jr.
        • S-T-U >
          • Travis Prunty
          • Tristan Williams
        • V-W-X
        • Y-Z
  • Zambia
    • Kabwe >
      • Joseph Sambwe Musonda
      • Justine Mumbi
      • Kennedy C. Chongo
  • The Netherlands
    • www.bonjo.nl
  • Contact
  • News updates
  • donations
  • Books

Prosecutors to seek execution date for Todd Wessinger convicted in 1995 slayings

2/29/2012

0 Comments

 
_Prosecutors to seek execution date for Todd Wessinger convicted in 1995
slayings


Prosecutors have asked a state judge to set an execution date for Todd
Wessinger after a federal judge denied his bid for a new trial or sentencing in
the 1995 slaying of 2 employees at the now-closed Calendar's Restaurant.

East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore III said Monday the
victims' families have endured "17 years of heartache."

"I can only imagine the pain and suffering the families are going through," he
said. "Hopefully we'll eventually come to a successful conclusion in the near
future."

The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/waeXMJ ) Wessinger's appellate attorneys
are expected to appeal U.S. District Judge James Brady's Feb. 22 ruling to the
5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

Wessinger's appellate attorneys are expected to appeal U.S. District Judge
James Brady's Feb. 22 ruling to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New
Orleans.

"There's still a lot of hurdles to overcome," said John Sinquefield, who
prosecuted Wessinger. He called Brady's decision a "big step."

Brady rejected a dozen claims raised by Wessinger, including an allegation that
his trial attorneys provided ineffective assistance during jury selection and
the guilt and penalty phases of his 1997 trial in Baton Rouge.

Brady, who called the state's evidence against Wessinger in the guilt phase
"overwhelming," said Wessinger faults his attorneys' penalty phase preparation
for not investigating further into his childhood and upbringing.

Wessinger contends such a probe would have led to evidence of a physically and
mentally abusive childhood, possible mental defects and an alienation from
society that led him to feel he did not belong.

Brady said Wessinger's contentions were contradicted by the defense's own
witnesses.

"In short, it is not the quality or thoroughness of the investigation Wessinger
is attacking. He essentially does not like the way his story was spun for the
jury," the judge wrote in a 77-page decision. "This is not ineffective
assistance."

Wessinger, a former dishwasher, was convicted and sentenced to die by lethal
injection for fatally shooting Stephanie Guzzardo, 27, and David Breakwell, 46,
at the Perkins Road restaurant on Nov. 19, 1995.

Wessinger is now 44.

(source: Associated Press)
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012

    Categories

    All
    Abu Dhabi
    Alabama
    Alaska
    Amnesty International
    Arizona
    Arkansas
    Australia
    Bahrain
    Bangladesh
    Barbados
    Belarus
    Book
    Botswana
    California
    Canada
    China
    Colorado
    Connecticut
    Dakota
    Delaware
    Documentary
    Egypt
    Film
    Florida
    Gaza
    Georgia
    Ghana
    Global
    Guantanamo
    Guyana
    Human Rights Watch
    Idaho
    Illinois
    India
    Indiana
    Indonesia
    Iowa
    Iran
    Iraq
    Israel
    Jamaica
    Japan
    Kansas
    Keith Thurmond
    Kentucky
    Kuwait
    Lebanon
    Liberia
    Libya
    Louisiana
    Malaysia
    Maldives
    Maryland
    Massachusetts
    Mental Retardation
    Mexico
    Michican
    Military
    Minnesota
    Mississippi
    Missouri
    Montana
    Morocco
    Movie
    Nebraska
    Nevada
    New Jersey
    New Mexico
    New York
    New Zealand
    Nigeria
    North Carolina
    North Korea
    Norway
    Ohio
    Oklahoma
    Oregon
    Pakistan
    Pennsylvania
    Philippines
    Portugal
    Rhode Island
    Russia
    Saudi Arabia
    Singapore
    Sister Helen Prejean
    South Africa
    South Carolina
    South Dakota
    Sri Lanka
    Sudan
    Syria
    Taiwan
    Tanzania
    Television
    Tennessee
    Texas
    Thailand
    Theatre
    TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
    Tulsa
    Tunesia
    Uganda
    Ukraine
    United Arab Emirates
    United Kingdom
    Urgent Appeal
    Usa
    Us Military
    Utah
    Vietnam
    Virginia
    Washington
    World
    Wyoming
    Yemen
    Zimbabwe

    RSS Feed

Powered by
✕