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Lamont Reese, TX - June 20
Do Not Execute Lamont Reese!
Lamont Reese, a black man, awaits execution on Texas’ death row for the shooting deaths of Alonzo Stewart, 25, Riki Jackon, 17, and Anthony Roney, 26 outside of a convenience store in March 1999.Reese had gone to the convenience store with several friends and his girlfriend, where the three victims were hanging out.A verbal altercation ensued between the groups after Reese’s girlfriend got into an argument with one of the men.Reese and his friends left, but returned later and shot Stewart, Jackson, and Roney.Prosecutors fingered Reese as the triggerman, but Reese’s attorneys maintain that he was not the shooter.
An argument often used by proponents of the death penalty is that it is cheap and effective.However, capital cases are more expensive in every stage of the judicial process than non-capital cases.Moreover, while a sentence of life in prison is costly, the costs are spread out of several decades.In contrast, the brunt of death penalty costs is accrued during the trial and the early appeals.County budgets and taxpayers bear a considerable burden as a result of these costs.As a result, money that could otherwise be put towards more effective means of crime control such as education, rehabilitation, drug treatment programs and mental health treatment is diverted to supporting an unfair and ineffective policy. Please write to Gov. Rick Perry on behalf of Lamont Reese!
