A Texas inmate filmed as part of a Comedy Central roast by comedian Jeff Ross is appealing his case to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the stand-up’s footage was improperly used to sentence him to death for attacking an elderly married couple.
“The case is about when the state can interfere with the attorney-client relationship between an accused person and their counsel,” Owen told The Washington Post. “No one has addressed this question of whether the state violates an accused person’s right to counsel by giving a third party access to the defendant.
On Oct. 20, 2011, then-18-year-old Hall broke into the garage of a College Station home in an attempted burglary, repeatedly stabbing one of the residents, 68-year-old Edwin “Ed” Dicky, who did not respond to a request for comment, promoted the show as a reward for good behavior, and fliers placed around the jail encouraged participation.
In another part of the conversation, Ross talks with the inmates about life behind bars and brings up Texas’s aggressive use of the death penalty. Texas kills more prisoners than any other state.“Well … they’ll basically screw you over, over the most … ah, petty s---,” Hall says.
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