Upcoming Texas Execution Raises Questions of Appropriate Sentence
Posted: March 20, 2007
UPDATE: Henderson's
execution
date of April 18 was stayed in
order to consider new defense motions in
the case. A new execution date of June 13 was tentatively set.
Upcoming Texas Execution Raises Questions of
Appropriate Sentence
Cathy Henderson (pictured with Sr. Helen Prejean) is scheduled to be executed in Texas on April 18 for the 1994 murder of Brandon Baugh, an infant she was babysitting. Henderson would be the 12th woman put to death in the U.S. since capital punishment was reinstated. (See DPIC's updated page on Women and the Death Penalty). Since her arrest, Henderson has maintained that the child's death was accidental. Henderson said that she is sorry for Brandon's death and that she feels regret every day for the pain she caused his family. Watch an interview of Henderson with the Kansas City Star (Windows Media Player).
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Henderson's recent appeal. She is seeking clemency from Texas Governor Rick Perry. Read Henderson's petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court. See also DPIC's item on this case.
Upcoming Texas Execution Raises Questions of
Appropriate Sentence
Cathy Henderson (pictured with Sr. Helen Prejean) is scheduled to be executed in Texas on April 18 for the 1994 murder of Brandon Baugh, an infant she was babysitting. Henderson would be the 12th woman put to death in the U.S. since capital punishment was reinstated. (See DPIC's updated page on Women and the Death Penalty). Since her arrest, Henderson has maintained that the child's death was accidental. Henderson said that she is sorry for Brandon's death and that she feels regret every day for the pain she caused his family. Watch an interview of Henderson with the Kansas City Star (Windows Media Player).
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Henderson's recent appeal. She is seeking clemency from Texas Governor Rick Perry. Read Henderson's petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court. See also DPIC's item on this case.