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MEDIA
ALERT
for Hasan
Shakur
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
- Who: Hasan Shakur or Derrick Frazier
- What: The execution date of Hasan Shakur aka Derrick Frazier
- When: Thursday April 27, 2006
- Where: Huntsville, Texas
- How: Lethal Injection
The state of
Texas
wants to execute Mr. Frazier (Hasan Shakur) even though in Mr. Frazier
case there are a lot of misconducts. Mr. Frazier was convicted murder
and received a general verdict in October 1998. Defending Mr. Frazier
was Stephen A Cihal, who was the lead defense attorney in the case, and
assisting him was Elliot Costas. Mr. Cihal has had public reprimands,
several probations, and has been suspended from practicing law several
times. While defending Mr. Frazier; Cihal was being investigated by the
Texas Bar Association. Shortly after Mr. Frazier’s conviction, Cihal
was found guilty of misconduct.
Physical
Findings in the Case:
A shoe print was found outside the
neighbor ranch – the Lucich Ranch – from where the murders Mr.
Frazier was accused of having committed, took place. That shoe print was
purported to belong to Mr. Frazier. Though it was similar to the shoes
that Mr. Frazier was wearing; it was found to belong to a pair of shoes
stolen from the Luchich ranch, and the shoes belonged to the owner,
Ronald Lucich, as it was indeed his shoes. An owner’s manual for a
Ford F-150 pickup, a car that belonged to one of the victims Mrs. Betsy
Nutt, was found
50 miles
away in
Victoria
, and on this manual was a left index and left middle fingerprint of Mr.
Frazier. Mr. Frazier states the manual was in the back seat of the
vehicle where he was sitting, with Mrs. Nutt in the driver’s seat
conversing with him. Some of the possessions belonging to Ronald Lucich
were found with Mr. Frazier at the time of his arrest. There was no
direct physical evidence at the murder crime scene of Mr. Frazier. There
was no physical evidence to directly link Mr. Frazier to any murder.
There were however physical evidence to link Mr. Frazier to possession
of stolen property from the neighbor residence – the Lucich ranch -
but not to the murder of either Betsy or Cody Nutt.
The
Case:
Mr.
Frazier had an all white jury made up of eight women and four men.
The verdict may have been different had there been actually a
jury of Mr. Frazier’s peers as Mr. Frazier is Black.
Mr. Frazier was offered a 30-year-sentence in exchange for
confessing to killing one of the victims, Betsy Nutt. However; once
Texas Ranger Oscar Rivera, had the information from Mr. Frazier, the
deal was rescinded and changed to the death penalty at a hearing. Mr.
Frazier by then had already given the said confession of murder of Betsy
Nutt, without the presence of an attorney.
The
Statement:
Mr. Frazier made
a statement to Rivera regarding having an attorney present. When asked
if he wanted an attorney present, Mr. Frazier stated that “IF I COULD
AFFORD ONE I WOULD….” Rivera abruptly cut him off and continued to
get the confession from Mr. Frazier - at the point with the 30 year deal
still on the table. The jury got to view a videotaped confession during
the trial, however they did not get to view the video in which Mr.
Frazier asked for an attorney. Rivera knew exactly what Mr. Frazier
meant when he stated “IF I COULD AFFORD ONE I WOULD…..” But,
Rivera did not stop at that point and offer to get Mr. Frazier legal
assistance. With capital murder cases, is not that breaking the law? Is
that even called “JUSTICE” in
America
? Mr. Frazier was twenty (20) at the time of his arrest; so young and so
scared. The ONLY evidence that puts Mr. Frazier at the crime scene is
the videotaped confession which he was coerced into making.
The jurors asked to watch the video tape a second time, and then
after two hours of deliberating, they came back with a GENERAL VERDICT.
The
Verdict:
The indictment
against Mr. Frazier the jury was given had five different theories. The
jury was instructed they DID NOT have to specify a theory, but could
come back with a GENERAL VERDICT, and the jury did just that. When
discussing this issue with a District Attorney; he informed the Derrick
Frazier Support Committee that the state of
Texas
did away with general verdicts in the 70’s. He was very shocked to
find Mr. Frazier having been convicted of a general verdict in the late
90’s.
If you are at all interested in publishing a story on Mr. Derrick
Frazier, you can reach him several ways.
EMAILS:
Knut
Erik Paulli – chairman
of the Derrick Frazier Support Committee
(hrctexas@hotmail.com)
Debbie
Harris
– Board of the derrick Frazier Support Committee (Olife4045@hotmail.com)
Or
Mr Frazier's
Address:
Derrick Frazier 999284
Polunsky Unit – Death Row
3872 F.M 350 South
Livingston, Texas 77351
USA
Please
visit Mr. Frazier's profile by clicking here
Thank
you for your time and concern
Derrick
Frazier support Committee
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