July 10
TEXAS:
5 things to know about the Brandon Daniel death penalty case
A Travis County judge on Friday could rule on whether Brandon Daniel, convicted
of capital murder in the 2012 killing of an Austin police officer, is competent
and can dismiss his lawyers, which would allow
Nov. 18
TEXAS:
Williamson Prosecutor Asserts a Change of Heart
John Bradley says he is evolving.
A supremely confident and legendarily tough Texas prosecutor, Mr. Bradley says
he is learning some of the most important — and humbling — lessons of his
24-year career. It is a painful
Nov. 17
TEXASnew execution date
Anthony Bartee has been given an execution date of February 28; it should be
considered serious.
(sources: TDCJ Rick Halperin)
IDAHO---impending execution
The Final Hours of Paul Ezra Rhoades Prior to scheduled execution death
row inmate
Nov. 7
TEXASstay of impending execution
Texas court stays Wednesday execution as lawyers seek DNA tests
A Texas court has granted a stay of Wednesday's scheduled execution of
convicted murderer Henry Hank Skinner while Skinner's attorneys seek DNA
testing they say could prove his
Nov. 6
TEXAS:
Texas executions reap heavy toll on prison staff
From the chaplain who shares the condemned prisoner's final hours to the
guard who attaches the needles and the prison director who orders the
fatal injection: the relentless march of Texas executions is taking a
heavy toll.
June 30
TEXAS:
County killer Beunka Adams loses state appeal
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals unanimously upheld the August 2004
capital murder conviction of Beunka Adams Wednesday.
Adams and his accomplice, Richard Cobb, both Cherokee County residents,
were sentenced to death for
Oct. 21
TEXAS:
Searching for truth in the face of death
Prison changes people. But the Rev. Carroll Pickett, a Presbyterian
minister, had no idea what would happen to him when he left his pastors
slot at a Huntsville church to become a chaplain at the state prison.
Long ago, Pickett's
Dec. 30
TEXAS:
Death penalty losing capital Sentences decline in Dallas, state,
nation amid new limits, alternatives
Dallas courts are sending fewer murderers to the execution chamber, a
trend mirrored in courtrooms across Texas and the nation.
Nationally, more juries have the
APRIL 9
TEXAS:
Texas warden who presided over nearly 100 executions writes about career
Jim Willett figured he could make more money and better accommodate his
class schedule at Sam Houston State University by quitting his job pumping
gas and taking a job as a prison guard.
I had no
