Posted on 01/29/2008 9:08:49 PM PST by SmithL
HOUSTON, (AP) -- A convicted killer sent to death row for killing a sheriff's deputy apparently committed suicide in his cell, prison officials said Tuesday.
The body of Jesus Flores, 25, was found by a corrections officer about 4 a.m. Tuesday. Flores was pronounced dead about an hour later, said Michelle Lyons, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
"He had lacerations on his throat and forehead," she said.
Flores apparently tried to use his own blood to scribble a message on the wall, but it was illegible, Lyons said.
Flores was convicted of capital murder for the May 2001 death of Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Joseph Dennis, 35. Flores was 19 at the time of the shooting.
Flores had been on death row since December 2001. His case was still on appeal before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which had already upheld his conviction and death sentence. An execution date was never set.
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Do you have a more recent photo? This one appears to be premortem.
More razors for death row inmates please!
Well he did something charitable with his life. It is cheaper to just bury him than to pay for the last minute lawyering and then bury him.
Great post!
Hmmmmm.....
Well, he's gone.
I doubt there's going to be an in depth investigation over a suicide.
Wasn’t this suicide “cruel and unusual”? Family members will probably sue.
WONDERFUL!
Interesting comments at the link.
I really don’t know why Texas does not equip all death-row cells with a movable chair, a nice sturdy hook on the ceiling (that the inmate can use to hang clothes on to dry), and maybe issue every death row inmate a sturdy rope belt.
It would cost the state maybe $10,000 to furnish these to every death row inmate, but think of the potential millions that the state could save.
See post #19
In spanish Jesus is pronounced Hay Zooz.
I see we finally get to see some 'feel good' news. After all, this guy should be posthumously applauded for his time management and sense of fiscal responsibility.
Send his family a crisp $20 bill. That’s about what he saved us by foregoing an execution. It’s only fair.
“His dying words, written in his own blood, the very blood that was draining from his dying body, written so that the world would receive the most important message of his life, were illegible.”
His message was illegible. The school system, not Jesus Flores, is to blame.
No good. That’s also prehumous. (Is that a word? Well it is now.) Looking for something more recent (postmortem, posthumous). Something a bit more cheerful.
Poor Hey Zeus. Let’s give him a scholarship to a good elementary school.
“Cool, I wish a few more death row inmates would follow his lead.”
I knew what the responses for this thread would be... but it was worth the laugh.
Good country song too !
FReepers are predictable, aren’t we?
Seven years to late, but better than never.
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