Execution Watch: 1/30/2019

Tonight the Texas killing machine is back in action…

ROBERT JENNINGS. Sentenced to death for the 1988 shooting of a Houston Police vice officer at an adult bookstore, Mr. Jennings was on parole at the time of the killing. Witnesses said the vice officer was arresting a bookstore clerk for showing movies without a license. Just then, Mr. Jennings walked in with the intention of robbing the place, saw the officer and opened fire. Mr. Jennings’ attorneys questioned, among other things, whether proper instructions were given to the jury during the punishment phase of the trial.

See: “Houston cop killer gets execution date for 1988 slaying,” Houston Chronicle, July 31, 2018 by Keri Blakinger