Jesus Flores, Texas Death Row Inmate Found Dead in His Cell
His Throat was Slashed
Flores was convicted for the murder of a 35 year old Sheriffs deputy Joseph Dennis, In 2001. Apparently Flores had stolen a family members car, and the family member reported it stolen. After the police officer pursued Flores, he was shot in the head with a concealed weapon that Flores had under his coat.
Flores was 18 years old at the time of the crime, and 19 when he was sentenced to die for his crime. Inmates at The Polunsky death row unit have gone on hungerstrikes strikes to protest the conditions on deatExteme Exteme isolation and poor nutrition and health care were among their complaints. They claim extreme isolation and lack of human contact causes depression and other mental problems.
Texas as well as the rest of the nation has put a halt on executions since the Supreme Court is reviewing whether lethal injection is indeed cruel and unusual. The three drug mixture is said toexcrutiatingtiating pain while the drugs flow through the vein and causes a burning effect. More on lethal injection can be found here:
Texas has executed more inmates since the reinstatement of the death penalty than any other state and is sometimes referred to as "The Killing State".
Source:
The Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5494551.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/103178/texas_prison_hunger_strike.html (Texas prison strike)
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/111312/lethal_injection_is_it_really_cruel.html (lethal injection)
Published by Dee
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- Flores was found with his throat cut
16 Comments
Post a Commentthis was our neighbor,a good man with bad choices. he was on drugs and not himself. very close with my husband. good friends.he was in the wrong,but when u get slammed on the car hood for no reason,and r not n ur right state of mind,this is the result. im not saying its right,at all.2 ppl have lost there lives over this shit.but all u who r talking shit about our taxes n bla bla....save that shit 4 obama.wait till the day sum1 close to u,fucks up like jesus did,then c what yall say then.theres a place 4 every1 of yall un-openminded idiots!!
sure must be nice to only feel a pin prick and a burning sensation when you die; sure beats having a hot piece of lead slice into your brain! and as for flores, good riddance, coward!
Yes, J Flores was a person, and for every one that said "thats sad" or "poor thing" Maybe you guys can let a death row inmate out to live in your home so they wont have to stay on death row? your kids may like that too!
some of you are right...this is a sad story and he WAS in the wrong, but no one deserves to die, either it be the deputy or jesus (inmate).So for u who say, thank god....he is just saving us our tax dollars..hmmm..no if u didnt know-he also is a person and he also has a family in pain over his death...and yes my heart goes out to mrs. dennis and her family..but also to the Flores family as well!
Michelle, not really. I mentioned how the wife even felt bad.
I wonder where he got the item that he used. I heard it was a razor blade, but don't quote me on that.
I have witnessed inmate who hurt themselves, it boggles the mind sometimes. The State can't watch everyone of these inmates everyday 24 hrs. a day. We simply can not afford to do that. It would be an impossible task. As a result some will, unfortunately, slip through the cracks.
its insane that this can happen
So sad... Thank you Dee for sharing.
Very well written article!