Judge declines to recommend hospice, parole for ex-death row inmate Syed Rabbani

Nov 26, 2023
1 min read

Updated: Dec 7, 2023

by Clare Amari

Published on November 17, 2023

Preview: A district court judge on Friday declined to recommend hospice or parole for former death row inmate Syed Rabbani, who remained in prison for decades as his legal appeal challenging his sentence was effectively “forgotten” in the Harris County courts.

Link: https://houstonlanding.org/judge-declines-to-recommend-hospice-parole-for-ex-death-row-inmate-syed-rabbani/

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