A Texas death row inmate scheduled for execution Wednesday claims his court-appointed attorneys gave up on the case, refusing to mount last-ditch efforts to save his life. Raphael Holiday, 36, a cook and forklift driver, found another lawyer willing to help and appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has yet to rule on his request to stay his execution until new counsel can be appointed. “Anybody laboring in this arena knows they have an uphill battle, particularly in Texas. If a lawyer is allowed to say, ‘I know the odds are bad. I’m not going to do this for you,’ it sets a bad precedent,” said Austin attorney Gretchen Sween, who has stepped in to represent...
↧