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David Lee Powell

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"Austin officer's killer files new claim," is the title of Tony Plohetski's report in today's Austin American-Statesman.The day before a judge was to begin considering the execution date of a man convicted of killing an Austin police officer, his lawyer filed new court documents with information he said could have swayed jurors in separate trials. According to the petition, a newspaper advertisement last year paid for by the Austin police union set forth a sequence of events in the 1978 shooting of officer Ralph Ablanedo that differed from what investigators and prosecutors previously presented. The full-page ad, published in the Austin American-Statesman to mark the 30th anniversary of Ablanedo's death, said Ablanedo fired nine rounds at David Lee Powell...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 09, 2009 (boomark / email).