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Johnathan Moore, Jan. 17, 2007, TX
Do Not Execute Johnathan Moore!
Jan. 17, 2007, TX
On Jan. 15, 1995, Johnathan Moore and two companions were in the process of burglarizing a house when Moore shot an off-duty San Antonio police officer who tried to stop the crime.After his arrest, Moore gave police a voluntary written statement, where he confessed to the crime. He was sentenced to death, while his two codefendants face lighter sentences.
Johnathan Moore should not be executed for this crime.Executing Moore would violate the right to life as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and would constitute the ultimate cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment.Furthermore, the court denied Moore’s request for a competency hearing, even though he has a history of depression and hospitalization.Moore also represented himself on two separate occasions in the trial, before which his lawyers did not present enough evidence to the judge to show that Moore was incompetent, which amounts to ineffective assistance of counsel.
At the time of this crime, Moore was 20 years old.He comes from a very troubled and dysfunctional family, including persistent problems between his parents and possibly serious life-long mental health problems in his mother.
Please write to Gov. Rick Perry on behalf of Johnathan Moore!
