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Texas Observer
Texas Observer
Michelle Pitcher

No Path to Redemption for Devout Death Row Inmates

Update, October 26, 2023: On October 26, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed Will Speer’s execution to allow the court to determine the merit of his lawyers’ claims that the state’s original case was flawed.

Every day at 6 a.m., Will Speer’s testimony is broadcast across the airwaves on the Polunsky Unit’s radio station. He talks to his fellow prisoners about redemption, salvation, and faith. 

He is scheduled to be executed October 26.  

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