Texas death row appeal hinging on jailhouse Comedy Central roast heads to Supreme Court

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Attorneys for Gabriel Hall argue the roast, which was shown in court at sentencing,...

While awaiting trial, Hall was interviewed at the Brazos County jail by insult comic Jeff Ross for a special he was producing with Comedy Central, without permission from Hall’s lawyers and without being informed of his rights beforehand.How many innocent people are executed in Texas? Melissa Lucio case spotlights a troubling list

During that phase, jurors are asked to consider whether the convicted person is a"continuing threat to society" or whether there is"sufficient mitigating circumstance" to warrant life in prison instead of death. The decision must be unanimous for a person to receive the death penalty.lawyers are arguing

Hall's lawyers appealed the sentence to the state's highest criminal court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which upheld it earlier this year Hall’s lawyers had issued a “no contact” letter to the Brazos County sheriff asking that Hall not be contacted by outside sources without the lawyers’ permission, the filing says. But despite that letter, Ross was able to approach Hall in the high-security wing of the jail, sit down with him and speak with him on camera for over 17 minutes.

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