Daniel's Note: This was originally witten on October 27th, 2004

That's a quote from Andre Lastrapes-Luckett, whose father was killed in October 1992, allegedly by Dominique Green who was tried and convicted in the backlash. The problem is, "Green won a reprieve from a federal judge in Houston, who agreed with defense claims that 280 newly discovered boxes of evidence improperly stored and catalogued by the Houston Police Department's crime lab could contain information related to Green's case." In spite of this, Dominique Green was executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening.

Below is the Associated Press article about Dominique Green:

Inmate executed after two-hour appeals delay

Oct 27, 2:02 AM EDT

By MICHAEL GRACZYK

Associated Press Writer

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Late appeals to the federal courts and the pleas from relatives of a murder victim who wanted him to live failed to stop the execution of convicted killer Dominique Green.

Green, 30, expressed love to friends and thanked them for their love and support, then received a lethal injection for the shooting death of a Houston man during a robbery outside a convenience store a dozen years ago.

"I am not angry, but I am disappointed that I was denied justice," he said in a barely audible voice, looking at five friends he invited to watch him die. "There is so much I have to say, but I just can't say it all... Please keep the struggle going.

"Please keep my memory alive," he said just before the drugs took effect, causing him to gasp slightly.

Nine minutes later he was pronounced dead.

The execution was delayed by about two hours until the U.S. Supreme Court, acting on an appeal by his lawyers, refused to stop the punishment.

About seven hours earlier, Green won a reprieve from a federal judge in Houston, who agreed with defense claims that 280 newly discovered boxes of evidence improperly stored and catalogued by the Houston Police Department's crime lab could contain information related to Green's case.

"The state's interest in carrying out the judgment and sentence of death is outweighed by the need for certainty," U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas wrote.

State attorneys, however, appealed to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, arguing Green's lawyers couldn't prove any evidence was missing. Harris County prosecutors, who tried the case in 1993, had said all evidence had been accounted for in Green's case.

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