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Execution of James Broadnax to Continue After Supreme Court Denies Petition, State Parole Board Votes Against Commutation
Broadnax’s petition says his codefendant confessed to the killings and claims prosecutors used racial bias in jury selection, lawyers told the court.
- On Thursday, Texas death row inmate James Broadnax faces execution at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, pending a last-minute stay request filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Demarius Cummings, Broadnax's cousin and co-defendant, confessed in March to being the sole shooter in the fatal 2008 robbery of two music producers, though Broadnax claims he did not pull the trigger.
- Alleging a constitutional violation, defense attorneys claim prosecutors utilized a spreadsheet to exclude all seven potential Black jurors, violating the Supreme Court's 1986 Batson ruling protecting the 14th Amendment.
- The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied a 180-day reprieve on Tuesday, despite a request from Texas Rep. John Bucy, D-Austin, who cited a "biased, racially charged trial."
- Nationally recognized artists including rapper Travis Scott filed briefs supporting the appeal, while Texas has executed 598 inmates since 1982, more than the next four states combined.
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A North Texas man faces execution as his cousin claims he was the shooter in fatal robbery
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Rappers Urge Supreme Court to Intervene in Texas Execution Case | EURweb | Black News, Culture, Entertainment & More
James Broadnax/YouTube screenshot *A Texas man’s scheduled execution has ignited a fierce national debate over whether rap lyrics belong in a courtroom — and some of the biggest names in hip-hop are making their voices heard at the highest level of the American justice system, USA Today reports. James Broadnax, 37, faces lethal injection on April 30 for the 2008 deaths of Stephen Swan and Matthew Butler, Christian music producers who were killed…
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