Summary
- Several GOP lawmakers and author John Grisham are pushing for clemency for a Texas man set to die by lethal injection on Oct. 17 for the killing of his infant daughter in 2002.
- Recent executions in Missouri and Oklahoma despite calls for lesser punishment highlight the rarity of clemency for death row prisoners.
- Clemency is a process that allows governors to lessen the sentences of convicted individuals, but historically, grants for clemency are rare.
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott has yet to weigh in on the case, and advocates believe the man’s conviction was based on faulty scientific evidence.