Andre Thomas, convicted of the 2004 stabbing deaths of his estranged wife, their 4-year-old son, and her 1-year-old daughter, first began experiencing hallucinations as a child, his attorney says.
A clemency petition for death row inmate Andre Thomas was filed Wednesday asking that Gov.
"We are united in our conviction that it would be a senseless act of vengeance," Rev. Dr. Jaime Kowlessar, senior pastor of Dallas City Temple, said during a news conference Wednesday. "The answer to violence is never more violence." "Andre Thomas is one of the most mentally ill prisoners in Texas history. Only the most mentally ill person could undertake these acts of permanent self-mutilation," Maurie Levine, his attorney, said Wednesday. "If ever there was a case that warranted mercy, it is this one."
A day before the murders, Thomas sought help at a local hospital for his delusions. The intake form noted that he appeared psychotic and suicidal. He was left alone, and, believing that no one was helping him, he left the hospital.a request to consider an appeal of Thomas' conviction, in which his lawyers argued that members of the jury that convicted him of killing his wife and two children had expressed racist views.
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