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~ Robert Jennings, 30Jan19, (TX) ~
DIR By: BuzzC
Date: December 17, 2018, 12:15 am
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Execution date set for killer in Houston vice officer's death--
Monday, April 4, 2016
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A Harris County judge on Monday signed a death warrant for a
60-year-old man who fatally shot a Houston police officer in
1988.
State District Judge Denise Collins set Jan. 30 as an execution
date for Robert Mitchell Jennings who was convicted of killing
vice officer Elston Howard at an adult bookstore.
Howard's mother, 85-year-old Era Mae Howard, watched the
proceedings with HPD interim chief Martha Montalvo and several
other officers.
Before the brief hearing, the two women shared a laugh because
the octogenarian use to babysit Montalvo's children, one of whom
grew up to be an HPD officer.
Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson also attended the
hearing to see the proceedings against Jennings, who appeared in
a yellow jail uniform.
Jennings and his co-defendant David Lee Harvell, were robbing
their second adult bookstore on July 19, 1988 when Jennings went
in to one alone on Richmond, court records show.
Jennings saw Howard, who was wearing an HPD jacket and shot him
twice.
Jennings shot the officer a third time after he fell and then
robbed the store.
After he fled, Jennings told Harvell he shot a "security guard"
and Harvell tried to get him out of the car, court records show.
When Jennings refused, Harvell shot him in the hand.
Harvell was later convicted of aggravated robbery and sentenced
to 55 years in prison.
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Re: ~ Robert Jennings, 30Jan19, (TX) ~
DIR By: BuzzC
Date: January 31, 2019, 8:16 pm
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Texas executes inmate, 61, who killed police officer in
adult-bookstore robbery--
Thursday, January 31, 2019
A Texas man convicted of shooting and killing a Houston police
officer in 1988 during a failed robbery at an adult bookstore
was executed Wednesday, officials said.
The convict, Robert Jennings, 61, was pronounced dead at 6:33
p.m., 18 minutes after receiving a lethal injection and some 30
years after fatally shooting 24-year-old officer Elston Howard.
In a final statement to his family and friends, Jennings said
“it was a nice journey.”
Jennings, a convicted robber, was on parole for nearly two
months when prosecutors say he entered Mr. Peeper's Bookstore
with the intention of robbing the business. He had robbed the
same store 12 days earlier.
Unbeknownst to Jennings, Officer Howard was in the process of
arresting the store clerk on charges of operating a pornographic
video arcade without a permit.
Jennings shot Howard twice in the head. The wounded officer
staggered for a few feet before falling to the ground, where he
was shot two more times by Jennings. The clerk later testified
that the shooting was so quick, Howard never had a chance to
unholster his gun.
Jennings was arrested hours later after going to a hospital to
be treated for a gunshot wound – his accomplice shot him in the
hand after becoming angry that Jennings had shot the officer.
Attorneys for Jennings had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay
his execution, arguing that Jennings' trial attorneys failed to
ask jurors to fully consider evidence — including details of his
remorse for the officer's shooting and possible brain damage —
that might have spared him a death sentence.
When he was arrested, Jennings confessed to the murder and told
police he was remorseful about the killing, saying he would
“face whatever punishment (he had) coming.”
Jennings received an execution stay in 2016. But the high court
and lower appeals courts rejected his request to delay
Wednesday's execution and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
turned down Jennings' request to commute his sentence.
As a part of Jennings final statement, he shared his thoughts
for Howard’s family.
“To the family of the police officer, I hope y'all find peace.
Be well and be safe and try to enjoy life's moments, because we
never get those back."
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