Urge Governor Perry and the Board of Pardons and Paroles to Stop the Execution of Jeff Wood and Grant Him Clemency

Jeff Wood is waiting to die on Texas Death Row with an execution date of August 21st, 2008.  This page allows you to directly contact Governor Perry and the Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles via E-mail, on behalf of Jeff.  Please scroll down to the bottom of this page and fill out the form to send your E-mail.

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Don’t know about Jeff Wood’s case?  Here is a short case summary:

At approximately 6:00 a.m. on Jan. 2, 1996, while Wood waited outside, Reneau entered the gas station with a gun and pointed it at Kris Keeran, the clerk standing behind the counter. Reneau ordered him to a back room. When he did not move quickly enough, Reneau fired one shot with a 22 caliber handgun that struck Keeran between the eyes. Death was almost instantaneous. Proceeding with the robbery, Reneau went into the back office and took a safe. When hearing the shot, Wood got out of the car to see what was going on. He walked by the door and looked through the glass. Then he went inside, and he looked over the counter and ran to the back, where Reneau was. Wood was then ordered, at gun point by Reneau, to get the surveillance video and to drive the getaway-car. 

Additional facts:

• •  Wood suffers from severe mental, emotional, and learning disabilities. He was abused and beaten severely and repeatedly as a child. He is submissive to dominant behavior because of such.
• •  At arrest Wood was forced into interrogation by the police and did not have council present. Wood was kept awake the entire time. He was refused sleep. He eventually confessed saying it was a planned robbery. He later revoked this statement.
• •  Wood was found not mentally fit to stand trial. He was admitted into a mental hospital and a couple of weeks later was found 'trial ready'.
• •  At trial, Wood was not satisfied with his representation. Wood asked to represent himself, but wasn't allowed to do so. The judge found him not capable of doing this. The judge however, did not argue Wood when Wood said he would then order his attorney's not to do anything. Result: Jeff had no witnesses during the punishment phase of his trial on his behalf. •
• • The victim's father is against the death penalty and actually campaigned to keep the actual gunman Reneau alive.

Reminder:  We are leaving the text field below empty for you to fill out in your own words. You should  also alter or add something new to the subject line in an effort to make your message unique.  This helps ensure that your message is opened and read.

Important facts that should be mentioned in your letter to the Governor include:

• • Jeff was charged under the Law of Parties and was not the shooter in this crime. 
• • Jeff could not anticipate that a murder would occur.
• •  Jeff was not even in the store when the murder took place and had no way of knowing it would happen. 
• •  The actual shooter in this case has already been executed by the state of Texas.
• •  The murder was actually committed by Daniel Earl Reneau, who was executed in Texas on June 13, 2002 for this crime. 
• •  You can also express your sympathy for the family of the victim, Kris Keeran, while mentioning again that Jeff  Wood did not kill Kris.
• •  You can also mention that Jeff's case is similar to the case of Kenneth Foster, whose death sentence under the Law of Parties was commuted by Gov. Perry in 2007.

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