GARLAND, TX -
Former Dallas County Prosecutor, Jason January, says he never hesitated when seeking the death penalty for then suspected cop killer, Kenneth Mosley more than a decade ago. "From day one, this was the kind of case with severe violence and inhumanity that the death penalty applied to".
Mosley was convicted of killing Garland Police Officer, Michael Moore and is set to be executed in Huntsville, Thursday. January says Mosley already had a long record when he tried to hold up a Garland bank in 1997. Officer Moore, who was having lunch down the street, responded to the 911 call. Witnesses say he shot Moore who was trying to resolve the incident peacefully. One bullet struck Moore just above his protective vest.
January, who led the prosecution on the case, says one of Moore's three young daughters was attending a birthday party just around the block and heard the chaos unfolding. "She saw the commotion and she told her friends that her Dad would know what happened. She didn't know that her father had been killed", said January who is now in private practice in Dallas.
Since that day, Mosley who was convicted and sentenced to die has come within hours of death. In September, the US Supreme Court halted his execution a day before he was set to die by lethal injection, after Mosley claimed his trial attorneys made mistakes. January calls the claim without merit. "If you know the attorneys who were there you know it simply is not true".
January says Moore's murder stuck with him, so much so that he plans to make the trip to Huntsville this week, possibly to see Mosley take his last breath. The former prosecutor says he wants to support Moore's family, who may also attend the execution. "It is just closure that most families need to know that person can't get out and hurt someone else".
Mosley was convicted of killing Garland Police Officer, Michael Moore and is set to be executed in Huntsville, Thursday. January says Mosley already had a long record when he tried to hold up a Garland bank in 1997. Officer Moore, who was having lunch down the street, responded to the 911 call. Witnesses say he shot Moore who was trying to resolve the incident peacefully. One bullet struck Moore just above his protective vest.
January, who led the prosecution on the case, says one of Moore's three young daughters was attending a birthday party just around the block and heard the chaos unfolding. "She saw the commotion and she told her friends that her Dad would know what happened. She didn't know that her father had been killed", said January who is now in private practice in Dallas.
Since that day, Mosley who was convicted and sentenced to die has come within hours of death. In September, the US Supreme Court halted his execution a day before he was set to die by lethal injection, after Mosley claimed his trial attorneys made mistakes. January calls the claim without merit. "If you know the attorneys who were there you know it simply is not true".
January says Moore's murder stuck with him, so much so that he plans to make the trip to Huntsville this week, possibly to see Mosley take his last breath. The former prosecutor says he wants to support Moore's family, who may also attend the execution. "It is just closure that most families need to know that person can't get out and hurt someone else".
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