US EditionExecution nears as juror cites new confession in push to stop death row case
A juror and Broadnax’s lawyers are seeking a pause after a new confession and raising claims about trial bias and rap lyrics.
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Execution nears as juror cites new confession in push to stop death row case
Time is running out in the fight to stop the execution of a convicted killer. James Broadnax, 37, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on April 30 for a 2008 double murder outside a music studio in North Texas. Garland is the location referenced in court records. The death row inmate’s case has drawn support from rappers Travis Scott, Killer Mike, T.I., Young Thug and Fat Joe. As his legal team works to halt the execution, Broadnax has gained…
James Broadnax is to be executed in Texas on April 30th. His cousin Demarius Cummings has just confessed to being the real shooter of the 2008 double murder. At trial, the jurors—almost all white—had forty pages of rap lyrics presented as evidence of a violent nature. A coalition of rappers [...] This article James Broadnax: his rap texts have been sent to death row appeared first on Rolling Stone.
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