Lone Star Law & Disorder
A Texas sized true crime podcast. Everything is bigger in Texas; but when it comes to crime--bigger doesn't always mean better. Each episode will discuss all things Texas pertaining to crime and the legal system. But don't let that fool ya! From the solved to the unsolved, the victims to the victimizers, the wrongfully convicted to the wrong-doers, and the law-makers to the law-breakers, this podcast has got it covered.
Lone Star Law & Disorder
What's in a Number?
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Krista Mendez
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Season 1
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Episode 6
Deborah (Debbie) Fontenot Davenport was a beautiful, spirited, kind-hearted mother of three. There wasn't anyone that didn't love her. Except Willie Mack Modden. Modden took Debbie's life, but he was going to fight for his. The trials and subsequent appeals would be a string of firsts for the state of Texas and for the US. And a land mark US Supreme Court decision to ban the execution of persons with intellectual disabilities would save him only hours before he was set to die by lethal injection. There was no doubt he was guilty, but the question of exactly how guilty is at the heart of the matter. Follow along while I discuss the capital murder trials and appeals of Willie Mack Modden and celebrate the life of Deborah Fontenot Davenport.
Sources:
www.txexecutions.org/history.asp
https://www.tdcj.state.tx.us.death_row/dr_facts.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Texas
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org
https://deathpenalty.procon.org
https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1986/69442-4.html
www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/485/1040
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/00/00-40524.0.wpd.pdf
Houston Chronicle
Lufkin Daily News
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