Jeff Wood - Innocent of Murder

Read the Clemency Petition for Jeff Wood to Texas Governor and Board of Pardons and Paroles

Update!!!!!

Jeff Wood is still currently awaiting execution, in Texas, for the murder he did NOT commit!

Jeff was convicted under a law called the Texas Law of Parties even though he was NOT the shooter in the crime, and even though he was not even present when the murder took place.  Further, Jeff had NO knowledge that a murder would even take place. 

The actual shooter in this crime, Daniel Reneau, has already been executed for this crime by the state of Texas back in 2002.

The UNDISPUTED FACT is Jeff did NOT kill anyone, but he came hours away from his scheduled execution back on August 21^st, 2008 before federal judge, Orlando Garcia, granted a request to DELAY his execution.

Judge Garcia granted the stay request submitted by Wood's attorneys to delay the execution so they could hire a mental health expert to pursue their arguments that he is incompetent to be executed.

Federal judge Orlando Garcia stayed the execution, finding that Texas violated Wood's constitutional rights by refusing to provide Wood with a lawyer to help him argue that he is too mentally incompetent to be executed.

Sadly, Jeff still faces his execution, and the media still refers to him as “condemned inmate Jeffrey Wood.”

Currently, Jeff’s competency is being evaluated by professionals hired by his lawyers.  Once the report from the doctor is completed, a competency hearing will be scheduled.

Kenneth Foster was in a similar situation last year, and his sentence was commuted to life after 17,000 people used their voices to express their concern over the Injustice known as the Law of Parties.  The 17,000 people petitioned, called, faxed, and wrote to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles as well as Governor Perry and members of the Texas Legislature. We can save Jeff from death too, but right now less than 1,500 people have signed his online petition. We need NUMBERS!

You CAN make a positive difference by signing the petition and writing to the governor, the legislature, and the board of paroles.

Your help is DESPERATELY NEEDED!!!  NOT A RESIDENT OF TEXAS???? That doesn’t matter; you can still help prevent this man's execution. It has worked before and it can work again, but we all have to work together. So use your power (your voice) to make a difference!  Write, sign, call and Spread the word! Tell everyone you know!

 ***Please also read this!!!***

As many of you know, MANY activists (including myself) have been working tirelessly to end the death penalty as it applies to the law of parties!!!  We have lobbied, testified, protested, marched, made numerous phone calls, and written every single Texas representative (to say the least) in an effort to bring the INjustice known as the law of parties to light.

Today, I come bearing some good news!!!!  Today, I tell you that our hard work IS paying off, and we have made history!!!  House Bill 2267 has passed the Texas House of Representaives!!!! The fight however is not over, we still have the Texas Senate to go!!!

WE NEED YOU TO....

***Sign the following petition in support of these VERY IMPORTANT BILLS @ the following web address: 

( http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Challenge-the-Texas-Law-of-Parties )

***Write and call ALL of the representatives to familiarize them with this issue since they will all be voting on it VERY SOON!!!  We also ask that you ask the representatives for their “favorable support” for House Bill 2267, and House Bill 913.  I also ask that you go one step further, and ask the representatives to make an amendment to the bill asking for HB 2267 to go retroactive. (To help people already convicted of this...such as my brother, Jeff Wood.)

You can find the Texas Representatives e-mail addresses here:

    http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/welcome.php

 (To save time:  you can write 1 letter and copy/paste it , then send it to EVERY one of the reps!)

  ***Please also visit***

http://www.savejeffwood.com/ 

for more legal information about Jeff's case!

This is an anti-death penalty activist page constructed and maintained by friends and family of Jeff Wood. The views and opinions on this website are those of Jeff’s friends’, family, and supporters and are not necessarily the opinions of Jeff himself. Jeff has no direct access to the Internet; however news regarding Jeff and his case will be posted on this page. Any messages sent to this site for Jeff will be reviewed by the administrative panel before being printed and forwarded to Jeff…meaning hateful messages will not be directed to him.  Please note that replies may be delayed due to the routine of the prison mail delivery system. Thank you!