He previously was also denied a writ by the U.S. 20 that Woodruff, who is serving a life sentence with no parole in the Hughes Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections, would not be eligible to appeal a devastating ruling before his trial. They also made much of his failing grades at Abilene Christian University where he was a 19-year-old freshman and of his high credit card debt as motivation for the murders. Prosecutors theorized that Woodruff, who had not publicly come out yet when arrested, was capable of lying about murdering his parents because he hid his sexual orientation from most people and led a secret life that included gay disco dancing and appearing in a couple of gay porn films produced by a Florida filmmaker. He and his supporters claim homophobia blinded investigators, prosecutors, the judge and the jury, preventing a fair trial. Woodruff, who has spent 13 years behind bars and is the subject of the book Railroadedand the documentary Texas Justice: Brandon Woodruff, has always maintained his innocence. Court of Appeals has blocked gay former porn star Brandon Dale Woodruff’s latest appeal of his conviction for the double-murder of his parentsin Royse City in East Texas in 2005. Houston ( OutSmart Magazine) - The 5th U.S.
