Calls for Texas death row prisoner Kenneth Foster to be granted clemency are increasing. Former President Jimmy Carter and South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu have urged Texas to stop Thursday’s scheduled execution. Foster’s attorney has filed a last-minute appeal to the US Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles meets today to decide Kenneth Foster’s fate.
Foster is one of three death row prisoners set to die this week in Texas. Last night, the state executed DaRoyce Mosley. Tonight, John Joe Amador is scheduled to be killed. All three men are African American or Latino.
What makes Foster's case unique is that he’s set to be executed for a murder that the State of Texas admits he didn't commit or plan.