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The issue in the two cases I mentioned the DA announced they would not be seeking the death penalty.

I understand the appeals process is out of control, but that doesn’t mean we should abolish capital punishment. When the two DA’s and one wife was killed in Kaufman County a few years ago they never hesitated and only tried for one of the deaths.

You can say what you will, but a murder along with a felony is a capital offense and deserves capital punishment.

philip964 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 15, 2022 8:50 pm Doesn’t the jury decide the punishment.

I was on a jury pool for a Capital murder.

A robber shot a woman store clerk to death during a robbery.

They asked if I could chose from death to probation if this man was convicted of the murder.

I told the truth and said I could only pick death.

I was excused from serving.

I later read that the jury convicted him and sentenced him to death. They obviously lied when the question was asked.

The DA has to seek the Death Penalty. I did speak to Mesquite Police after I posted this thread. The Officer I talked to said that Officer Houston’s family basically was fine either way. He said and very carefully and I quote, “the family was fine with life without parole.”

It almost made me think the DA “talked” then into life without parole. It shouldn’t really be a choice. I know this, thirty years ago if you killed a police officer you fried.


They have no problems convicting John Q Public or Police Officers to the max.

I have searched, but I am unable to find anything that explains the Dallas DA not seeking the death penalty in two different cases.

The first case was the killing of Mesquite Police Officer Richard Houston. That was and should be a death sentence. His murder was found guilty, but sentenced to life rather than death. Why?

The second case was that of ex NBA player Andre Emmett murdered outside of his Old East Dallas home in his car while eating. His was robbed and murdered. Once again a capital murder case. His killer if found guilty will receive an automatic life sentence. He was not a minor at the time of the crime so why not death row?

Thanks
Carl