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of venue for second man accused
in dragging death of Jasper man
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HOUSTON (AP) — The second of three
white men to be tried for dragging a black
man to death may face trial this summer in
the Austin-area city of Georgetown instead
of Jasper in East Texas, authorities con
firmed Tuesday.
In a surprise move, Jasper’s district at
torney has decided the trial of Lawrence
Russell Brewer should be outside of Jasper,
a town of 8,000 that already has withstood
one capital murder trial in the case.
Prosecutor Guy James Gray said he
changed his mind Friday, one day after a
judge ruled against moving proceedings.
Gray worried that defense attorney
Doug Barlow might have
improved grounds for an
appeal if Brewer is convict
ed.
On Wednesday, state
District Judge Monte
Lawlis is scheduled to meet
with attorneys to reexam
ine whether to move the tri
al for the June 7 slaying of
James Byrd Jr.
Brewer is charged with
capital murder for Byrd’s
death. The 49-year-old
man was found torn to
pieces after he was chained
and dragged behind a pick
up truck for nearly three
miles.
In February, a Jasper
jury convicted 24-year-old
'We don't
welcome a trial
such as this,
but my
understanding
is the (hosting)
district judges
make that call/'
John William King of capital murder and
sentenced him to death.
Georgetown, with its modern 10-year-
old courthouse and big-city amenities of
nearby Austin, about 25 miles to the south,
has emerged as a top contender for the tri
al, outdistancing other possibilities such as
Kerrville, New Braunfels and Corpus
Christi.
Jury selection in Brewer’s trial current
ly is scheduled to begin May 17, but a
change of venue could push it to summer
time. Georgetown’s courthouse will have a
courtroom available in July.
We don’t welcome a trial such as this,
but my understanding is the (hosting) dis
trict judges make that call... and the coun
ty has to honor it,” Georgetown Mayor Leo
Wood said.
The defense has said repeatedly that it
Brewer, a 32-year-old ex-convict, is tried in
Jasper they would have strong grounds tor
an appeal. They claim Jasper County resi
dents have a vested interest in convicting
all three suspects in an effort to vindicate
the town’s image.
Williamson County Judge John Doerfler
said Tuesday he was contacted by Jasper
officials, who indicated to him that George-
■mhmmhhb town is a likely candidate.
“They intimated it was.’
Doerfler said. “I don’t
know for sure.”
Georgetown’s six court
rooms, the biggest of which
can seat about 120 specta
tors, already are equipped
with metal detectors.
The city of about 22.000
residents has played host to
high-profile trials before, in
cluding:
—In 1983, a George
town jury convicted Bexar
County nurse Genene
Jones for the murder of a
Kerrville baby and sen
tenced her to 99 years in
prison.
—Possible serial killer
Inmates surmi
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LUBBOCK. Texas (AP) —T\vo maleiniMs
prison mentall held a female bosta^ij^—.
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mand — the two were shown the person,
brought into the prison.
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— Leo Wood
Georgetown mayor
Henry Lee Lucas was convicted in 1984 of
strangling an unidentified hitchhiker near
Georgetown. His death sentence was com
muted last year to life in prison.
—A jury in 1994 convicted and con
demned Kerry Max Cook for a 1977 East
Texas murder.
That conviction in Cook’s third trial was
overturned on grounds of prosecutorial
misconduct in 1996.
This past February, Cook pleaded no
contest on the eve of his fourth trial and
was sentenced to 20 years of time already
served.
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has worked at the pi it yenej This i
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mates, and ?. .
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bury said.
The unit, named forTe : fhanceUorto^E (Ct(/l
ford, holds about 900 male offenderscomir fl
doctors who deem them not mentally Miinderaljl
side in conventional lockups.
Unlike most units, which n - ■
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teams trained to negoti inmates in
Castlebury said.
“It ’s very' touchy. That’s why we havenegoo,
on board there.” he said.
ing transponed to a Lubbock hospital. Castkh
guards were treated and released from thehK
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