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This is a great example of what I mean when I refer to biased sources.
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Interesting.
"David Spence was executed in Texas on April 3 for the murder of two teenagers. N.Y. Times columnist Bob Herbert investigated his case and concluded:
"Mr. Spence was almost certainly innocent." Marvin Horton, the police lieutenant who supervised the investigation of the crime, stated: "I do not think David Spence committed this crime." And
Ramon Salinas, the homicide detective who investigated the murders, said:
"My opinion is that David Spence was innocent. Nothing from the investigation ever led us to any evidence that he was involved." The case against Spence relied mainly on prison inmates who were given generous favors in return for their testimony. "
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/arti...cid=45&did=541
The original police homicide investigator, Ramon Salinas, acknowledged in the appeals process that he had serious doubts about Mr. Spence's guilt. In a sworn deposition given to Mr. Spence's lawyers in 1993, Marvin Horton, a former Waco police lieutenant who was involved in the case, said, "I do not think David Spence committed this offense."
http://www.crimelynx.com/nytexec.html
You even have the investigating officer claiming he was innocent according to the NY Times. Hmmmmm...
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The above completely leaves out several points. One being that Tafero had a lengthy criminal record and had served time in jail for assault and armed bank robbery. At the time that the trooper was killed they were in the middle of a large drug smuggling deal (large enough that they could have had a "normal life" afterwards according to his then wife). The person who testified against him and was also involved was a previous cellmate.
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First of all, simply because he had a lengthly criminal record does not mean he committed these murders.
Here are some salient issues that I welcome you to challenge:
"Jesse Tafero was convicted and sentenced to death largely on the testimony of one co-defendant, Walter Rhodes, who named Tafero as the shooter. · In exchange for his testimony, Rhodes was allowed to plead guilty to second-degree murder, and avoid the death penalty. · The prosecutor justified Rhodes's plea bargain based on a polygraph test he alleged Rhodes had passed. · The summary of Rhodes's polygraph test was withheld from the defense by the state. · In a legal challenge by Tafero's other co-defendant, Sonia Jacobs, a federal appeals court found that withholding the polygraph test was unconstitutional. ·
Rhodes recanted his testimony on three separate occasions – in 1977, 1979, and 1982 – stating that he, not Tafero, shot the policemen. Ultimately, Rhodes reverted to his original testimony."
Rhodes confessed. This is widely known by anyone familiar with the case either pro or anti capital punishment.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/arti...cid=45&did=541