Jeff Wood

Who is Jeff Wood?

Jeffery Lee Wood was scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas on August 21, 2008. Similar to Kenneth Foster, Wood's execution stems from Texas's Law of Parties, a subset of the Felony-Murder doctrine.

On January 2, 1996, Wood and Daniel Earl Reneau, parked outside a gas station. While Wood waited outside, Reneau entered the station and pointed a .22 caliber handgun at clerk Kris Keeran. When Keeran did not respond to Reneau's requests, Reneau shot the clerk, killing him almost instantly. Hearing the gunshot, Wood entered the gas station and found the clerk on the floor behind the counter. Wood then ran to the back, where he stole the surveillance video and fled from the scene with his accomplice. According to ABC News, Wood says he was forced by Reneau at gunpoint to take the surveillance video. He then destroyed the video after showing it to his brother and telling him that he and Reneau had carried out the robbery and murder.

Wood was convicted and sentenced to be executed although he was not present in the store during the killing, and claims that he was not aware that Reneau was going to use force.