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Jeff Wood, Getaway Driver in Robbery That Led to Murder, Is Scheduled to Be Executed Thursday The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole has unanimously rejected a clemency petition from a man who is set to be executed for the murder of a store clerk, even though he was sitting in a truck outside the store when the murder happened. Texas death row inmate Jeff Wood and his wife, Kristin. Wood is scheduled to be executed Aug. 21, even though he did not kill anyone. The decision means Jeff Wood will be executed Thursday, unless Texas Gov. Rick Perry grants him a 30-day reprieve or a judge issues a stay. Wood was sentenced to death in 1998 for his role in the murder of Kris Keeran, a gas station attendant who was killed during a 1996 robbery. But Wood did not kill Keeran. Danny Reneau, Wood's former roommate, was convicted of shooting... [read full story]
