Oct. 10
TEXAS:
With a wide variety of headlines dominating both global and domestic news, it
is easy to overlook that today is World Day to Abolish the Death Penalty.
It is clear that since the early 1980s, the majority of the world's nations
have become better educated about the
January 30
TEXASimpending execution
30 years after killing a Houston police officer, Robert Jennings is set for
executionJennings is expected to be put to death on Wednesday for the 1988
murder of Elston Howard. His sentence has been complicated by constantly
evolving death
June 20
TEXASimpending execution
Texas assures court it can carry out aging death row inmate's execution
The Lone Star State is confident it can kill Danny Bible.
Earlier this month, the aging Houston serial killer filed a last-minute lawsuit
arguing that his veins are so bad and
Feb. 3
TEXASimpending execution
He's Fighting to Save His Family's Killer. The Killer: His Own Son
Bart Whitaker set to be executed Feb. 22 for killing his mom and brother, but
dad isn't giving up on him
"My wife and son were murdered by a masked gunman, and my other son and I
Oct. 5
TEXAS:
Irving killer who shot his baby girl, 3-year-old son wins death row reprieve
An Irving father sentenced to death for the revenge killing of his children
after their mother left him has been granted a new punishment trial.
Hector Rolando Medina, 38, shot 3-year-old
May 19
TEXAS:
Court lifts reprieve for Nicaraguan man on Texas death row
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday lifted a reprieve it gave a
Nicaraguan man a day before he was to be executed 2 years ago for killing a
Houston high school teacher during a 1997 robbery.
The
April 19
TEXAS:
Condemned inmate avoids execution with life sentence for Houston crime spree
A North Carolina man who spent years on Texas' death row awaiting execution was
sentenced Monday to 4 consecutive life sentences, a plea bargain that Harris
County prosecutors hope will keep
Oct. 13
TEXAS:
Texas death row inmate Danny Bible loses at US Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused an appeal from Texas death row inmate
Danny Paul Bible, who was convicted of the 1979 icepick slaying of a woman who
went to his house in Houston to use a telephone
May 12
TEXAS:
State, Lawyers Debate Identifying Execution Drug Supplier
Revealing Texas' supplier of execution drugs could have a harmful effect on the
provider and as a result leave the state empty-handed, a lawyer for the state
suggested Wednesday during an appeals court hearing.
April 30
TEXAS:
Death penalty diminishes our humanity, undermines mercyBishop says God's
gift of life is sacred, abandon culture of death
Recently, Pope Francis captured international headlines by appealing to
Christians - and particularly Catholic governmental officials - to
Aug. 6
TEXASimpending executions
Death Watch: 2 Set to DieBoth death row inmates claim murder was not
intentional
Although Clifton Williams narrowly avoided execution July 16, 2 Texans are
scheduled for the gurney next week. Both inmates maintain that they didn't mean
for the
April 18
TEXAS:
Of course innocent people have been executed
The question for the state House candidates during a recent Editorial Board
meeting involved Texas' death penalty - whether they support it.
I paraphrase. Ina Minjarez, a former prosecutor, said that the justice system
Jan. 8
TEXAS:
Violent deaths in Hidalgo County sheriff's jurisdiction in 2013 down from past
2 years, in line with median under Trevino
Criminal acts ended 15 lives in the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office
jurisdiction in 2013, authorities say. All told, at least nine people allegedly
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