Joseph Ries - TX - 21 October 2008 - Executed

[orchidia_168]

joey is my pal, i will be holding my breath,i am still hoping,have hoped for few months now,i do give up. i am glad to see that others are hoping like i do. thank you.

[JJS811]

Sadly it is still going ahead, according to DPIC, however the information has not been updated since October 17th. Maybe someone more local will have more up to date news.

People here will carry on hoping and praying with you Orchidia, as long as there is hope left. (((Hugs))).

[Joy]

I have heard that all visitation this week has been canceled due to the cell phone issue. I wonder if that meant cancelling this man's family and friends from seeing him before they kill him.........

[LoDucafan67]

Originally Posted by Joy

I have heard that all visitation this week has been canceled due to the cell phone issue. I wonder if that meant cancelling this man's family and friends from seeing him before they kill him.........

OMFG I didn't even think about this! Wow how sad...

[LoDucafan67]

This I just found


http://stopexecutions.blogspot.com/2...scheduled.html








Sunday, October 19, 2008

Joseph Ries and Bobby Woods Scheduled for Execution This Week in Texas

On Tuesday, Oct 21, Joseph Ries, 29, is the first of two people set to die this week. He was convicted of breaking into a rural home in Hopkins County in northeast Texas and fatally shooting and taking the car of Robert Ratliff, 64, who was asleep.

On Thursday, Oct 23, Bobby Woods, 43, is scheduled to be executed.

If these executions are carried out, Texas will have executed 418 people since 1982.

Please call the Governor of Texas on the Day of an Execution at 512-463-2000
Office of the Governor Fax: (512) 463-1849
Tell the Governor that You Oppose these Executions.

[Joy]

Northeast Texas man set to die in burglary-slaying
By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press Writer © 2008 The Associated Press
Oct. 21, 2008, 5:24PM

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected condemned inmate Joseph Ries' appeal, clearing the way for his execution Tuesday evening for the slaying of a 64-year-old Northeast Texas man during a burglary almost a decade ago.

Ries, 29, faced lethal injection for breaking into the rural Hopkins County home of Robert Ratliff, fatally shooting him as the man slept, then driving off in the victim's car. The high court refusal came less than an hour before Ries was scheduled to be taken to the death chamber.


http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6070962.html

[Joy]

Joseph has been executed.

[ImANurse]

Rest In Peace, Joseph

He went with Jesus in his heart and on his mind

[Rachel]

Please see this thread - In Memoriam