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2017-07-28 Thread Rick Halperin
July 28 TEXASexecution S.A. man executed after Supreme Court rejects bid for stay A San Antonio man was executed Thursday night for killing a woman in 2004 after a last-minute request for a stay to the Supreme Court was rejected. TaiChin Preyor, 46, had been on death row for

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2017-02-18 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 18 TEXAS: Faith leaders support death-row inmate's religious discrimination claim More than 500 faith leaders across the country have endorsed a statement calling for a new trial for a Texas death row inmate claiming religious discrimination in the selection of his jury.

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2015-11-04 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 4 TEXAS: Death warrant for Ward delivered Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks was scheduled Tuesday to deliver the death warrant for Adam Kelly Ward. Meeks traveled to the Texas Department of Corrections Tuesday, as the death warrant has to be hand delivered to the agency's director

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2015-05-23 Thread Rick Halperin
May 23 TEXASimpending execution U.S. court denies motion to halt execution of long-serving Texas inmate A federal appeals court has denied an application to halt the June execution of Lester Bower, one of the longest-serving inmates on death row in Texas, for killing 4 men at an