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Jeff Wood Didn’t Kill Kris Keeran, but He Is Set to Be Executed for Keeran’s Death
By SCOTT MICHELS

Aug. 8, 2008 —

Texas is scheduled to put a man to death this month even though he never killed anyone, in what would apparently be the first execution of its kind in more than a decade.

Jeff Wood was sentenced to death in 1998 for his role in the murder of Kris Keeran, a gas station attendant who was killed during a 1996 robbery.

But Wood did not kill Keeran. Danny Reneau, Wood’s former roommate, was convicted of shooting Keeran between the eyes during the robbery Jan. 2, 1996. Reneau was executed in 2002.

Barring a commutation from the governor, Wood, 35, will be put to death Aug. 21.

Wood was the getaway driver while Reneau robbed the Kerrvill, Texas, gas station where Keeran worked. [...continue...]

I’m all for the state to use capital punishment in those extreme cases that warrant it. However John Wood never killed anyone. I don’t care if he did help destroy the surveillance tapes, at gun point or not. Dude didn’t take a life, dude shouldn’t have his taken from him.

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