Ronald Curtis Chambers, who has been on death row longer than anyone in state history...

Ronald Curtis Chambers, who has been on death row longer than anyone in state history, will receive yet another sentencing trial – his fourth – under an order issued by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The U.S. Supreme Court had previously ordered the lower court to review the case because the jury in Mr. Chamber's third death penalty trial in 1992 may have received faulty instructions before rendering the sentence (see April 30, 2007).
Two college students, Mike McMahan and Deia Sutton, both white, were robbed and shot in Dallas on 11 April 1975. Mike McMahan died, while Deia Sutton survived. Ronald Chambers and Clarence Williams were arrested within a few days and charged with the crime. Clarence Williams reached a plea arrangement under which he received two life sentences. He is still in custody. Ronald Chambers was sentenced to death in 1976 for the murder of Mike McMahan. This was overturned in 1984 because Chambers had been interviewed by the state’s psychologist without being informed that what he said could be used to support a death sentence. He was condemned to death at a second trial in 1985. This was reversed in 1986 due to discriminatory jury selection by the state. He was tried for a third time in 1992 and again sentenced to death.
Defense attorneys hope to be able to negotiate a life sentence for Chambers.