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DA Kim Ogg: Texas longest-serving death row inmate should get a new punishment hearing
Raymond Riles, 70, was convicted of capital murder for his role in the 1974 shooting death of John Henry in Houston.
371489 10: The Texas death chamber in Huntsville, TX, June 23, 2000 where Texas death row inmate Gary Graham was put to death by lethal injection on June 22, 2000. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Newsmakers) Author: Ciara Rouege (KHOU) Updated: 7:50 AM CST February 2, 2021
HOUSTON Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg expressed her support Monday for the state s longest-serving inmate on death row getting a new punishment hearing.
Raymond Riles, 70, is sentenced to die after he was convicted of capital murder in 1974.
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Dr. Steven Hotze, president of Conservative Republicans of Texas, speaks at a Restrain the Judges news conference, while Janet Porter of Faith2Action listens at right, in front of the Supreme Court in Washington in 2015.
Attorney and former judge Jay Karahan has known Dr. Steven Hotze since the 1990s. And for just as long, he’s had firsthand experience of Hotze’s influence in Harris County politics.
The two had begun interacting in 1996, when Karahan was running for office and seeking Hotze’s endorsement.
“As I was moving up in Republican politics back then, it was made very clear to me that a Republican would not be able to become a judge unless they had Steven Hotze’s approval and blessing, if you will,” Karahan said.