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1630:... is the story of Kent Whitaker's heart-wrenching journey toward forgiveness and faith after the brutal murder of his wife and son. While lying in the emergency room after being airlifted from his home, Kent soon learned of his family's fate. His emotions called for a response to either forever hate the murderer ... or forgive him. At that moment, Kent made the decision to forgive the nameless stranger who had taken so much. 'I have had a hundred people tell me that they think I'm nuts — that I should hate the shooter and cry out for vengeance,' writes Kent. 'Perhaps I am crazy, but I believe that in those early moments God worked supernaturally, allowing me to forgive completely and immediately ... Little did I realize just how important my decision to forgive would be in the coming months.' An investigation uncovered that a murder plot had been orchestrated by Kent's oldest son Bart — whom Kent had unknowingly forgiven. Kent Whitaker gives readers a behind-the-scenes account from the day of the murders up to Bart's sentencing, and includes excerpts of letters from Bart as he tries to explain why he did it.
1647:... has a slightly different agenda ... to help convicted criminals become writers ' in the restorative and rehabilitative power of writing' ... 'use of the written word as a legitimate form of power.” But what is the nature of the “power” of the written word? And what, moreover, will this power restore and rehabilitate? honoring an important strand of America’s liberal intellectual heritage? ...pledging allegiance to a romantic coupling of art and freedom? ... inadvertently helping to bind prisoners ever more insidiously to the carceral regime? Or ... claiming something that is actually true? This article addresses these questions through a reading of Thomas Bartlett Whitaker’s prize-winning essay “Hell’s Kitchen” and finds that the power of Whitaker’s prison writing resides in its capacity to shock readers into a sensory appreciation of the radical strangeness of life lived in a state of civil death.
1199:. "Before Prado, Elrod, and Graves, Circuit Judges. / Per Curiam / Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in ... 47.5.4." Case No. 13-20750, Appeal of the Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) dismissal, by the district court, of a defendant civil action that had asserted that their rights to due process, access to the courts, and punishment not cruel or unusual were violated. Here, the order of the district court was vacated, and the case remanded "so that Whitaker able to fully develop ... claims based on the existing protocol for an appropriate trial on the merits."
1531:"The state of Texas executes its condemned around six o’clock p.m. Minutes before six on February 22, 2018, Governor Greg Abbott commuted the death sentence of Thomas Bartlett Whitaker to life in prison without parole. Abbot was following the very rare unanimous recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Parole that Whitaker live out his life in prison. For Texas this was astonishing. Nearly 150 people have been executed since a Texas governor last spared a condemned prisoner. Abbot has allowed thirty executions to take place during his three year tenure. ...
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so that it would appear he had narrowly escaped." Hipp, who admitted on cross-examination that his participation in
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Whitaker left for Mexico in June 2004. He told his father he was going to a club and never returned. Using $ 3,000 to persuade an acquaintance to assist him, he assumed the name "Rudy Rios" and found work in a furniture shop in Cerralvo, Mexico. There, he developed a relationship with a woman
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Alongside the legal submission from the Whitaker legal team—an 18-page document from Whitaker lawyers Keith S. Hampton and James Rytting (the latter at Hilder & Associates), Whitaker's father, Kent, also appealed, cooperating with the legal team's submission and writing a letter in the public
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Whitaker responded to the commutation of his sentence by saying, "I am thankful for this decision, not for me but for my dad." Whitaker had previously stated his strong opposition to the idea of life without the possibility for parole and wrote in his blog from
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Whitaker, Thomas Bartlett; Hettiger, Julia (July 27, 2016).
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Martinez-Ramundo, Denise; Phillips, Harry (April 28, 2009).
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Hell Is a Very Small Place: Voices from Solitary Confinement
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Hell Is a Very Small Place: Voices from Solitary Confinement
2808:"Texas Parole Board Recommends Killer Be Spared From Death"
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Whitaker, Thomas Bartlett; et al. (January 6, 2022).
2048:"Driver in Sugar Land murder plot gets 15 years"
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Kelly, Megyn & Whitaker, Kent (February 6, 2018).
1783:"Is Bartlett Whitaker dead or alive? Where is he now?"
1674:"Triggerman in Sugar Land slayings pleads guilty"
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KPRC-TV death row interview with Thomas Bart Whitaker
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3016:"Bart Whitaker talks about eventual execution"
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743:, where he was arrested for capital murder.
3530:"Letters from death row: Faith behind bars"
2252:"Testimony ends in Whitaker's murder trial"
2165:– via Internet Archive (archive.org).
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1040:Learn how and when to remove these messages
495:Learn how and when to remove these messages
372:, before the commutation of his sentence.
55:Learn how and when to remove these messages
3388:"Death row bloggers get help from victims"
3327:"Writing for Justice Fellowship 2018-2019"
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2497:"Death Watch: A First Time for Everything"
1442:Whitaker, Thomas Bartlett (July 7, 2014).
1418:Whitaker, Thomas Bartlett (July 7, 2014).
601:reliable, independent, third-party sources
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2471:"Death Row Inmate Appeals to 5th Circuit"
1394:Whitaker, Thomas Bartlett (May 5, 2011).
1154:Learn how and when to remove this message
1136:Learn how and when to remove this message
682:; Bart's father Kent survived. Bart told
637:Learn how and when to remove this message
619:Learn how and when to remove this message
549:Learn how and when to remove this message
181:Learn how and when to remove this message
163:Learn how and when to remove this message
2965:"Whitaker statement to prison officials"
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1228:Thomas Bartlett Whitaker vs. Lorie Davis
595:by replacing them with more appropriate
3552:McCullough, Jolie (February 20, 2018).
1942:"Former Baylor Student faces execution"
1781:Vanapalli, Viswa (September 24, 2021).
1740:McCullough, Jolie (February 20, 2018).
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3600:Beausoleil, Sophia (August 14, 2019).
3443:Andress, Justin (September 23, 2021).
3194:Beausoleil, Sophia (August 14, 2019).
3180:– via Scholarworks.CalState.edu.
2879:from the original on November 28, 2023
2839:Graczyk, Michael (February 21, 2018).
2521:Christian, Carol (December 10, 2013).
2382:"IamWhoWeR Mulhall" (June 19, 2017).
2205:Kumar, Seshadri (September 25, 2005).
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1870:Palkot, Stephen (February 19, 2018) .
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3734:People convicted of soliciting murder
3724:Prisoners sentenced to death by Texas
3714:American prisoners sentenced to death
3386:Hopper, Jessica (September 8, 2011).
2604:Graczyk, Michael (October 10, 2017).
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1812:Reisner, Rebecca (October 11, 2019).
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3659:Texas Department of Criminal Justice
3629:"Images of the "Faces of death row""
3094:Leibowitz, Barry (August 24, 2009).
3079:, and so must be considered suspect.
2963:Arnold, Robert (February 22, 2018).
2654:Blakinger, Keri (November 6, 2017).
2124:. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.
1609:. Supreme Court of the United States
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902:Texas Department of Criminal Justice
441:in 2001, transferring from there to
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3729:People convicted of murder by Texas
3709:American people convicted of murder
3499:"Prison writing and political will"
3497:Jones, Andrea (September 2, 2013).
3286:Canadian Review of American Studies
2711:Whitaker, Kent (January 18, 2018).
2682:Hampton, Keith S.; Rytting, James.
2547:Barron, Bonnie (December 9, 2013).
2495:Hoffberger, Chase (July 15, 2016).
2415:Kever, Jeannie (October 19, 2007).
2005:Sant, Peter Van (January 5, 2019).
1672:Hanson, Eric (September 19, 2007).
1379:. The New Press. pp. 101–113.
1245:, addressing the conditions on its
1211:. Appeal of Whitaker's case to the
3156:Whitaker, Thomas Bartlett (2018).
2469:Barron, Bonnie (October 9, 2013).
2046:Hanson, Eric (November 19, 2007).
1877:Fort Bend Herald and Texas Coaster
1607:"No. 17-5080 *** CAPITAL CASE ***"
1237:Other post-conviction developments
970:Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
963:Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
933:Supreme Court of the United States
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3699:2003 murders in the United States
3667:Penn, Nathaniel (March 2, 2017).
3528:Hannaford, Alex (June 12, 2015).
3483:. America's 10 worst prisons
2356:Palkot, Stephen (March 2, 2007).
2330:Palkot, Stephen (March 2, 2007).
1841:Chevigny, Bell (August 9, 2018).
1814:"Bart Whitaker: Relative tragedy"
1021:This section has multiple issues.
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3719:Familicides in the United States
3357:"Writing for Justice Fellowship"
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3678:. Winters, Dan (photographer).
3278:Wells, Ira (January 1, 2014).
2250:Hanson, Eric (March 2, 2007).
1872:"Whitaker Faces Life or Death"
1546:Albert Camus’ absurdist novel
1195: (5th Cir. 2015),
925:Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
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3759:Adams State University alumni
3422:MinutesBeforeSix.blogspot.com
3418:"The Minutes Before Six Team"
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2950:"unformated, digital version"
2527:Chron.com / Houston Chronicle
1950:. Waco, TX: Baylor University
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3642:"Criminal Case Record links"
3424:. Whitaker, Thomas Bartlett
3096:"Book 'Em: Murder by family"
2846:U.S. News & World Report
2611:U.S. News & World Report
1444:"A Nothing Would Do As Well"
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3127:"Thomas Bartlett Whitaker"
2991:"In response to Feministe"
2385:Bart Whitaker on the stand
1645:PEN Prison Writing Program
1538:PEN Prison Writing Contest
1521:PEN Prison Writing Contest
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843:Co-conspirator convictions
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3657:. Death Row Information.
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2691:assets.documentcloud.org
2207:"Bart Whitaker arrested"
2087:: Read shocking excerpt"
1905:Mitchell, Corey (2010).
1097:This section includes
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357:Thomas Bartlett Whitaker
197:Thomas Bartlett Whitaker
3749:American male criminals
2553:Courthouse News Service
2475:Courthouse News Service
2449:Courthouse News Service
2118:Whitaker, Kent (2008).
1307:Whitaker won prizes in
950:Commutation of sentence
788:Whitaker was refused a
2318:286 S.W.3d 355
2155:. Howard Books. 2008.
1420:"Manufacturing Anomie"
1268:Adams State University
1174:286 S.W.3d 355
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3503:TheAmericanReader.com
3298:10.3138/cras.2014.001
3161:Discipline and Punish
2875:. February 22, 2018.
1505:Kent Whitaker, age 52
1294:on himself and other
1223:Whitaker vs. Stephens
3754:Criminals from Texas
3521:prisonerresource.com
2820:on February 21, 2018
2501:The Austin Chronicle
1818:forensicfilesnow.com
1292:solitary confinement
889:Appeals and lawsuits
801:Clements High School
747:Trial and conviction
430:Clements High School
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2580:. February 26, 2018
2288:. February 20, 2018
2286:EuropeWorldNews.com
1710:. February 22, 2018
1002:Chronology of cases
918:U.S. District Judge
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3655:"Whitaker, Thomas"
3635:. August 30, 2016.
3535:The Texas Observer
2849:. Associated Press
2614:. Associated Press
1787:TheCinemaholic.com
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1213:U.S. Supreme Court
1184:Case 4:13-cv-02901
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940:U.S. Supreme Court
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428:Whitaker attended
346:September 25, 2005
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3606:Click2Houston.com
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3250:. The New Press.
3226:SolitaryWatch.com
3200:Click2Houston.com
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