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'''Steven Michael Woods, Jr.''' (born April 17, 1980) <ref>http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/woodssteven.htm</ref> is an [[United States of America|American]] currently on [[death row]] in the state of [[Texas]]. Woods faces the death penalty after a jury convicted him of the capital murders of Ronald Whitehead, 21, and Bethena Brosz, 19, on May 2, 2001 in The Colony, Texas.<ref>https://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagnews/release.php?id=3847</ref> Marcus Rhodes admitted that he rather than Woods was guilty of both killings, but this fact has been held to be irrelevant by Texas courts due to the [[Felony murder rule (Texas)|Texas law of parties]] since Woods was present at the scene of the murders.<ref name=spiegel>{{cite web | url = http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,785821,00.html | title = Governor Perry's Death Mission | last = Pitzke |first = Mark | date = 12 September 2011 | accessdate = 12 September 2011 | publisher = [[Der Spiegel]]}}</ref> In late 2006, Woods was part of a [[hunger strike]] in the [[Allan B. Polunsky Unit|Polunsky]] unit in [[West Livingston, Texas]] to oppose death row inmates' treatment.<ref>{{cite journal | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/us/08prison.html | journal = [[New York Times]] | date = 8 November 2006 | last = Blumenthal | first = Phil | accessdate = 12 September 2011}}</ref>
'''Steven Michael Woods, Jr.''' (born April 17, 1980) <ref>http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/woodssteven.htm</ref> is an [[United States of America|American]] currently on [[death row]] in the state of [[Texas]]. Woods faces the death penalty after a jury convicted him of the capital murders of Ronald Whitehead, 21, and Bethena Brosz, 19, on May 2, 2001 in The Colony, Texas.<ref>https://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagnews/release.php?id=3847</ref> In late 2006, Woods was part of a [[hunger strike]] in the [[Allan B. Polunsky Unit|Polunsky]] unit in [[West Livingston, Texas]] to oppose death row inmates' treatment.<ref>{{cite journal | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/us/08prison.html | journal = [[New York Times]] | date = 8 November 2006 | last = Blumenthal | first = Phil | accessdate = 12 September 2011}}</ref>


==Fairness of Sentencing/Conviction Dispute==
==Fairness of Sentencing/Conviction Dispute==

Revision as of 22:13, 12 September 2011

Steven Michael Woods, Jr.
File:Woodssteven.jpg
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Photo
Born
Steven Michael Woods, Jr.

(1980-04-17) April 17, 1980 (age 44)
Wayne County, Michigan, US
NationalityAmerican
EducationSome High School, finished 10th grade
Known forTried under the Texas Law of Parties
Criminal statusIncarcerated at Polunsky Unit; Texas Department of Criminal Justice Register #999427; scheduled execution: 09-13-2011
Criminal chargeCapital Murder
PenaltyDeath Penalty

Steven Michael Woods, Jr. (born April 17, 1980) [1] is an American currently on death row in the state of Texas. Woods faces the death penalty after a jury convicted him of the capital murders of Ronald Whitehead, 21, and Bethena Brosz, 19, on May 2, 2001 in The Colony, Texas.[2] In late 2006, Woods was part of a hunger strike in the Polunsky unit in West Livingston, Texas to oppose death row inmates' treatment.[3]

Fairness of Sentencing/Conviction Dispute

The fairness of Woods' case and punishment has been criticized by Noam Chomsky [4] and other activists and organizations such as Amnesty International.[5] Woods' case has also been documented in the New York Times, Austin Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, and the Fort Worth Star Telegram.[6] [7] Woods' final motion for a stay was denied on September 2, 2011 [8]. Woods' current date of execution is September 13, 2011.[9]

References

  1. ^ http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/woodssteven.htm
  2. ^ https://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagnews/release.php?id=3847
  3. ^ Blumenthal, Phil (8 November 2006). New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/us/08prison.html. Retrieved 12 September 2011. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ http://saveaninnocentlife.net/Home.php
  5. ^ http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=6oJCLQPAJiJUG&b=6645049&aid=516487
  6. ^ http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2011-09-09/two-inmates-set-to-die-this-month/
  7. ^ http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/09/11/3359008/execution-set-for-tuesday-in-2001.html
  8. ^ http://www.cca.courts.state.tx.us/OPINIONS/PDFOPINIONINFO2.ASP?OPINIONID=21438
  9. ^ http://www.txexecutions.org/watch.asp

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