Bernard Amos was executed by the State of Texas for the murder of Officer James Joe
According to court documents Officer James Joe was investigating a break in at an apartment building where he worked part time. The Officer would come across Bernard Amos who would fatally shoot the Officer
Bernard Amos would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
Bernard Amos would be executed by lethal injection on December 6 1995
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Bernard Amos Case
A man who was on parole for the fourth time when he murdered a Dallas police officer seven years ago was executed by injection at the state prison here on Wednesday night.
In a final statement, the 33-year-old prisoner, Bernard Amos, said his life was being taken in error and accused the courts of racism.
I just say in this case the State of Texas made a big mistake,” said Mr. Amos, who, like his victim, was black. “It doesn’t do any good to have a lawyer. Fifty percent of the cases go before the Court of Criminal Appeals. They only hear the white ones. May the grace of God have mercy on them.”
Mr. Amos gulped twice and gasped once as the lethal drugs began to flow through his body. He was pronounced dead seven minutes later.
He was executed for murdering James Joe, 34, who had interrupted Mr. Amos and an accomplice during a burglary at an apartment complex where Mr. Joe was working a second job as a security guard.
From 1980 to 1987, Mr. Amos, an 11th-grade dropout who worked as a mechanic, was convicted and sent to prison four times for numerous crimes, including burglary and auto theft.
