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Prosecutor who helped convict capital murderer would now trust him as next-door neighbor

Michael Eubanks was convicted of capital murder 31 years ago but recently received parole and was profiled in the Houston Chronicle yesterday. Eubanks was convicted before Texas law changed to require life without parole as the only alternative to death in capital cases. "In the past 14 years, nearly 2,000 capital murderers serving life sentences have been eligible for parole in Texas, but only 3 percent made it, records show," reports the Chron's Cindy Horswell. Read her excellent story about Mr. Eubanks, which included this surprising anecdote:[Eubanks] got word that his name made the list of those to be paroled in July once he became the first capital murderer to complete a pre-release program at a Christian prison in Sugar Land. Founded in 1997, the unit requires inmates who volunteer to go there to attend Bible studies as well as learn about life skills and substance abuse...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 14, 2009 (boomark / email).