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Nov 18, 2009 5:43 pm US/Central
TX Parole Board Urges Clemency For Condemned Man
MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press Writer
HUNTSVILLE (AP) ―
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Texas Department Of Criminal Justice
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, in a highly unusual move, is recommending commuting the sentence of a convicted murderer set to die Thursday.
Robert Lee Thompson's on death row for his part in the fatal shooting of Houston convenience store clerk 13 years ago.
The board voted Wednesday to commute his death sentence to life in prison. The action leaves the decision on whether Thompson lives or dies with Gov. Rick Perry.
The 34-year-old Thompson was condemned under the Texas law of parties for being an accomplice when 29-year-old Mansoor Bhai Rahim Mohammed was gunned down 13 years ago.
Thompson's partner, Sammy Butler, received a life term while Thompson got death.
Since he became governor in 2000, Perry has commuted one death sentence other than those the U.S. Supreme Court ordered him to commute. Texas has executed 204 people since Perry became governor.
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