Kenneth Foster

The Ellis Unit housed the State of Texas death row for men until mid-1999.
Allan B. Polunsky Unit houses the State of Texas death row for men.

Kenneth Foster, Jr. (born October 22, 1976) is a prisoner formerly on death row in Texas, convicted under the law of parties. He was convicted of murdering Michael LaHood in August 1996. His conviction and execution were contested because he was convicted under the Texas Law of Parties, not for physically committing the crime.

Foster, Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) death row #999232, was received on death row on July 1, 1997.[1] He was initially located in the Ellis Unit, but was transferred to the Allan B. Polunsky Unit (formerly the Terrell Unit) in 1999.[2]

Texas Governor Rick Perry commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment only six hours before the execution was scheduled to take place on August 30, 2007. Foster will be eligible for parole in 2036. He is currently incarcerated at the Stiles Facility of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and is assigned to the facility's administrative segregation.

References

  1. ↑ "fosterk.jpg." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on April 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Death Row Facts." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on February 4, 2016.


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