April 27
TEXAS:
Texas Sues Trump Administration To Recover Execution Drugs It Bought From
IndiaTexas and 2 other states bought a massive amount of execution drugs
from India. The FDA says the drug is illegal to import, so Texas is taking them
to court.
On Wednesday, Texas
April 23
TEXAS:
Death Sentence on Line for Would-Be Rapper in Triple KillingA former
University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff student who once aspired to become a famous
rapper now faces a possible death penalty in a Dallas triple slaying.
A former University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
April 20
TEXAS:
Texas man convicted in double slaying gets Supreme Court hearing MondayThe
U.S. Supreme Court, including its newest justice, Neil Gorsuch, will decide on
a legal technicality in the case of a Fort Worth man who killed a 5-year-old
girl and her grandmother.
The
April 18
TEXAS:
5 death penalty reform bills heard in Texas House committee5 death penalty
bills were heard in a seven-hour-long meeting at the Capitol Monday night.
The death penalty was a hot topic at the Texas Capitol Monday night.
Testimony on 5 capital punishment bills was
April 13
TEXAS:
Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed Loses DNA Appeal
The state's top criminal appeals court is refusing to allow additional DNA
testing of evidence in the lengthy Central Texas death penalty case of Rodney
Reed.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals says the request by Reed's
April 5
TEXAS:
Dallas County district attorney's office to show mercy to 'lost souls'
The new Dallas County district attorney and her first assistant view the people
who go through the criminal court system as "lost souls or monsters."
Faith Johnson says her job as district attorney
April 4
TEXAS:
Supreme Court Will Take up 3rd Harris County Death Penalty Case This Year
After recently ruling in favor of 2 Harris County death row inmates, the U.S.
Supreme Court is poised to take up yet another Houston death penalty case this
year.
Carlos Ayestas was sentenced to
April 2
TEXAS:
Smith County judges eye pay increase for court-appointed attorneys in capital
murder death penalty cases
The dwindling number of Smith County defense attorneys who are willing to take
on capital murder death penalty cases for indigent defendants has prompted
local
April 1
TEXAS:
As execution looms, juror in Hurst Putt-Putt murder hopes to change law
When Sven Berger looked around at the other jurors in the deliberation room
during a 2008 capital murder trial, he knew that the majority wanted the death
penalty. He also knew he didn't.
But he
March 29
TEXAS:
Texas Must Broaden Death-Penalty Exemption, High Court Says
A divided U.S. Supreme Court said Texas must broaden its death-penalty
exemption for people who are intellectually disabled, ruling that the state was
violating the Constitution by using outdated medical
Feb. 17
TEXAS:
Lining Up a ConvictionA suggestive photo lineup put Juan Balderas on death
row. Experts say he may have been wrongfully convicted, but will he get a new
trial in time?
At first glance, the photo lineup that helped send Juan Balderas to death row
doesn't look too
Feb. 4
TEXASstay of impending execution
Execution halted days before Fort Worth man was set to dieTilon Carter, 37,
received a stay Friday afternoon from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. His
execution was set for Tuesday.
For the 2nd time this week, a Texas execution has
Jan. 27
TEXASexecution
A man convicted of committing a fatal robbery at a Balch Springs Subway shop
weeks after he was fired from his job there was executed at a Texas prison.
43-year-old Terry Edwards was put to death by lethal injection late Thursday
for the $3,000 holdup at a
Jan. 20
TEXAS:
Nueces County judges have more capital murder cases than capable lawyers to
appoint
Nueces County has too many capital murder defendants and not enough defense
lawyers.
When appointing lawyers to indigent defendants accused of the most serious
offense, state
Jan. 15
TEXAS:
DNA evidence to be analyzed again in death penalty case appeal
A lawyer for Steven Thomas, who faces the death penalty after being convicted
of capital murder in Williamson County, says some of the DNA evidence presented
at the trial was false, according to court
Jan. 12
TEXASexecution
Texas carries out nation's 1st execution in 2017
Texas has executed death row inmate Christopher Wilkins, who was convicted of
killing 2 men after one of them mocked him for falling for a phony drug deal.
The lethal injection of the 48-year-old Wilkins
Jan. 11
TEXASimpending execution
Texas man set to die for killing pranksters who told him gravel was crack
cocaine
A Fort Worth jury sent Christopher Wilkins to death row for killing 2 men he
admitting shooting over a $20 phony drug deal after Wilkins said he didn't care
whether
Jan. 9
TEXASimpending execution
Inmate Set to Die for Fort Worth Killings Loses Appeal
Christopher Wilkins, 48, is set to be executed for fatally shooting 2 men in
Tarrant County in 2005.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has rejected an appeal from a 48-year-old
man set for
Dec. 15
TEXAS:
Accused killer's lawyer is using former Dallas DA's mental illness in an
attempt to torpedo case
A Dallas defense attorney is using the mental illness of former District
Attorney Susan Hawk in an attempt to change the course of a legal case that
could end with his
Dec. 14
TEXASnew execution date
San Antonio hit man's execution set March 7
A convicted hit man has a date set for execution early next year for the 1992
slaying of a San Antonio woman.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark says the prison
agency has
Nov. 30
TEXAS:
Supreme Court Justice Makes Powerful Plea For The Disabled On Death Row
A narrow majority of justices at the U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready to side
with a Texas death row inmate and further refine the constitutional prohibition
on executing the mentally deficient.
Nov. 25
TEXAS:
Texas judge apologizes for lynching comment about suspect in shooting of San
Antonio cop
A Texas judge has apologized for writing "time for a tree and a rope" on
Facebook about the black man accused of killing a San Antonio police officer.
Burnet County Judge James
Nov. 8
TEXAS:
Dallas man on death row loses appeal for a 2nd time
A Dallas man on death row lost an appeal Monday to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals for the 2nd time.
Ivan Cantu was sentenced to death in Collin County in the killing of his cousin
in 2001. The federal appeals
Nov. 5
TEXAS:
"An Eye For An Eye" by Israeli Documentary Filmmaker Ilan Ziv Premieres Oct.
28, Shifts Election Focus From Division To Forgiveness
The powerful documentary AN EYE FOR AN EYE, comes to select U.S. theaters
beginning October 28th with a message of forgiveness and healing
Nov. 4
TEXAS:
Fort Worth man guilty of capital murder in deaths of boy, 2 women
A Fort Worth man was found guilty of capital murder Thursday for shooting his
pregnant girlfriend, her 10-year-old brother and their 39-year-old mother.
Amos Joseph Wells III elected to not to have
Nov. 2
TEXASnew execution date
John Ramirez has been given an execution date for Feb. 2; it should be
considered serious.
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present20
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-538
Abbott#scheduled execution
Sept. 25
TEXAS:
Death Watch: Appeals, Waived Appeals, and Conflicting Findings5th Circuit
strikes down request to test death drugs
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a motion for stay of execution
pending appeal for Terry Edwards and Ramiro Gonzales, 2 death row inmates
Sept. 16
TEXAS:
State to help Coryell County in capital murder trial, set for August 2018
The Texas Attorney General's office is providing a prosecutor to assist the
Coryell County district attorney's office with a capital murder case against
Chet Michael Shelton, 27, of Gatesville.
Sept. 16
TEXAS:
State to help Coryell County in capital murder trial, set for August 2018
The Texas Attorney General's office is providing a prosecutor to assist the
Coryell County district attorney's office with a capital murder case against
Chet Michael Shelton, 27, of Gatesville.
Sept. 13
TEXAS:
Why the Death Penalty is Dying in Texas
Kathryn Kase, executive director of the Texas Defender Service in Houston, says
nationwide, there's been a huge drop in death sentences. Texas has had many
fewer executions this year than in years past. In 1999, the state sent
Sept. 12
TEXAS:
Condemned Killer in San Antonio Robbery Loses Death Penalty Appeal
A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a 35-year-old man on Texas
death row for the fatal shooting of a man during a robbery of a San Antonio ice
house more than 16 years ago.
The 5th
Sept. 1
TEXAS:
3 indicted in shooting death of 5-year-old girl asleep in bed
3 men accused in the murder of a 5-year-old girl were indicted by a Bexar
County grand jury on Tuesday.
Abdi Abdi, 18, Murjan Abdi, 19, and Christian Lopez, 19, were formally indicted
on capital murder
Aug. 30
TEXAS:
Man Accused of Murdering Spring, TX Family Will Face the Death Penalty
Harris County prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a man charged
with killing a Spring, TX family in 2014.
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty in the case of a Utah man accused
Aug. 28
TEXAS:
Racial bias found in Texas death penalty cases, Harvard Law School study says
Harris County was named 1 of 16 'outlier' counties in the US, where 5 or
more death sentences were assessed between 2010 and 2015
A Harvard Law School study has found that racial bias,
July 8
TEXAS:
British woman on Texas death row may be spared as new evidence surfacesA
hearing this week for Linda Carty presents her with hope that she might avoid
death penalty amid evidence prosecutors coerced false witness testimonies
A British woman who has been on death row
June 25
TEXAS:
Unexpected career: Stoffregen steps down from public defender's office after 42
years as lawyer
Jack Stoffregen wanted to teach at a college level. He went to law school
instead to impress his future in-laws.
"My fiancee's parents hated me," he said. "They didn't
June 17
TEXASstay of impending execution
Court Halts Texas Man's Execution in "Shaken Baby" Case
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Thursday halted the upcoming execution of
Robert Roberson, who was sentenced to death for killing his two-year-old
daughter in 2002.
The appeals
June 15
TEXAS:
Former death row inmate Kerry Max Cook fires lawyers, threatens to undo
exoneration deal
2 days after his legal team secured an agreement that could lead to his
exoneration in a high-profile 40-year-old murder case, former death row inmate
Kerry Max Cook fired the
June 6
TEXAS:
After nearly 40 years, murder charges dropped against Kerry Max Cook in East
Texas case
In a shocking reversal, Smith County prosecutors agreed Monday to throw out
murder charges against Kerry Max Cook, a man they've insisted for nearly 40
years was guilty of one of
June 6
TEXAS:
Justices will hear major death penalty case
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether executing a condemned
prisoner after decades in solitary confinement violates the Constitution. The
justices also will consider how the state that leads the nation in
May 21
TEXASimpending execution
Charles Flores, the next person in America scheduled to be executed, has filed
his final appeal
The next person in America scheduled to be executed has filed his final appeal,
arguing that his conviction for murder was based on "flimsy" evidence
May 9
TEXAS:
Bluntson's attorney speaks on death penalty
Death penalties are rare, but they could become a thing of the past believes
one of the attorneys who represented Demond Bluntson.
For nearly 25 years, Webb County had not seen a death penalty case, but that
changed on
April 27
TEXAS:
Jury selection continues in Risner capital murder trial
The long process of jury selection continued Tuesday in the capital murder
trial of a former police officer accused of fatally shooting Little
River-Academy Police Chief Lee Dixon.
David Gene Risner, 59, of
April 25
TEXAS:
Man Sentenced To Die After 'Expert' Testified That Black People Are Dangerous
Duane Edward Buck's lawyers were a disaster.
After Buck was convicted of murder, his own attorneys retained a
now-discredited psychologist who testified that Mr. Buck is more likely to be a
April 21
TEXAS:
Texas is using "Of Mice and Men" to justify executing this man. Seriously.
Bobby James Moore has an intellectual disability, yet he sits on death row
because of deeply unscientific evidence
Bobby James Moore has a lifelong intellectual disability, yet he sits on
April 19
TEXAS:
Bluntson trial begins
Following several months of pre-trial hearings and a very lengthy jury
selection process the much anticipated capital murder trial of Demond Bluntson,
the man accused of killing 2 children at a Laredo hotel has begun.
Bluntson is accused of
April 17
TEXAS:
Willingham case begs for justice
What Cameron Todd Willingham lost - his life, taken by the state - can never be
restored. But, thankfully, there is some effort to make sure his case is
accorded some measure of justice.
Given the evidence brought to light by the
April 16
TEXAS:
Texas prisons leader Brad Livingston will retire this year
Brad Livingston, Texas Department of Criminal Justice's executive director for
more than a decade, announced Friday that he will retire in August.
Livingston joined the agency in 1997 as deputy director of the
April 14
TEXAS:
A clear trend: The end of the death penalty in Texas is long past due
Amnesty International last week issued its annual report on the use of capital
punishment, reporting that worldwide executions spiked by 54 %, while the
number of executions carried out in the
April 13
TEXAS:
Final preparations begin in Demond Bluntson trial
It's been nearly 4 years since 2 small boys were murdered inside a Laredo
hotel.
Now, the man police believe is behind the deaths will face a jury in less than
a week.
The final preparations are underway in court,
April 11
TEXAS:
Hold 3 Generations of Smith Co Prosecutors & Judges Accountable in the Kerry
Max Cook Case
It is time to hold the Smith County District Attorney's Office accountable for
a history of reckless disregard for due process and the rule of law.
We ask that A. D. Clark,
April 7
TEXAS:
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Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-537
Abbott#scheduled execution date-nameTx. #
20-June 2---Charles Flores538
21-June
April 6
TEXASimpending execution
Bid To Block Execution Of 'Blood-Drinker' Pablo Vasquez was found guilty
of killing a 12-year-old boy and told police he also drank the victim's blood.
Pablo Vasquez, 38, a south Texas man who bludgeoned and slashed to death a
12-year-old boy,
March 16
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: A Question of PremeditationAdam Kelly Ward set to die March 22
Shortly after 10am on June 13, 2005, 22-year-old Adam Kelly Ward was out front
of his parents' home in Commerce, Texas, washing a car, when he started arguing
with
March 19
TEXAS:
Freed from death row, Anthony Graves uses compensation to help other inmates -
including his best friend
Nanon Williams expected to walk out of prison in 2010, just about the same time
as his close friend and former death row mentor Anthony Graves.
For the 3rd
Feb. 27
TEXAS:
Suspect in guard's death appears in courtBilly Joel Tracy asks judge for
the return of hot pot, noodles
A Texas inmate facing the death penalty in connection with the brutal beating
death of a Telford Unit guard last year was in a Bowie County courtroom for a
Feb. 10
TEXASnew execution date
Killer at Dallas-area Subway store holdup set to die in May
A 42-year-old man sent to death row for a fatal shooting during a Dallas-area
sandwich shop robbery in 2002 has received an execution date.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman
Feb. 10
TEXASimpending execution
Texas death row inmate moves one step closer to execution
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Wednesday to reconsider its refusal of the case
of a 42-year-old man set to die next week for the slaying of a suburban Dallas
liquor store clerk.
The high
Feb. 6
TEXAS:
Court of Criminal Appeals Candidates Emphasize Experience
Although the Court of Criminal Appeals is the highest criminal court in the
state - and it deals with hot-button issues including the death penalty - its 9
judges don't attract much attention. That can make
Jan. 29
TEXASnew execution date
Robert Roberson has been given an execution date for June 21; it should be
considered serious.
(sources: MC/RH)
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Executions in Texas: Dec. 7,
Jan. 15
TEXAS:
State has enough drugs to carry out scheduled executions
With the 1st execution of the new year scheduled next week, Texas prison
officials said Wednesday that the state has a large enough supply of drugs to
carry out the executions already scheduled for 2016.
The
Jan. 14
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Unhappy New YearMasterson found guilty of capital murder of
Shane Honeycutt, set to die Jan. 20
Texas goes to the gurney Wednesday, Jan. 20, with its 1st execution of the
calendar year. Set to die is Richard Allen Masterson, 43,
Jan. 2
TEXAS:
Ted Cruz really, really loves the death penalty
Ted Cruz would represent a lot of firsts should he be elected president: He'd
be the 1st Hispanic president, and the 1st president to be born in Canada (or
anywhere outside the 50 states, for that matter). But he'd also
Dec. 17
TEXAS:
Texas Falls Out of Love With the Death Penalty, Embraces Life Without Parole
Fewer and fewer prisoners in Texas are being sent to the execution chamber.
For what it's worth, Texas is still the death-penalty capital of the United
States, which in turn employs capital
Nov. 20
TEXAS:
Man charged with 6 counts of capital murder in East Texas campsite killings
A man was charged with 6 counts of capital murder Thursday in the killing of a
family at an East Texas campsite.
William Mitchell Hudson, who remained jailed on a $2.5 million bond, is accused
Nov. 9
TEXAS:
Man who killed wife returns to court for retrial of punishment
William "Billy the Kid" Mason was convicted of beating his wife to death for
playing her radio too loudly. Mason hogtied 33-year-old Deborah Ann Mason, put
her in the trunk of a car and drove her to Humble
Nov. 7
TEXAS:
State To Seek Death Penalty In Shotgun-Slaying Of Local Woman
McLennan County prosecutors announced late Friday afternoon that they'll seek
the death penalty against James Ray Brossett, 48, of Arlington, who was
indicted last month for capital murder and attempted
Oct. 18
TEXAS:
"I want to thank Corporal Frazier and his candor in his recollection and
reporting of the events surrounding the execution of Licho Escamilla on October
14, 2015. Mrs. James has suffered a terrible, tragic and unnecessary loss
during the killing of her husband. This is a
Oct. 16
TEXAS:
New program for attorneys in death penalty cases
Jefferson County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to authorize County
Judge Jeff Branick to execute an interlocal agreement with Lubbock County and
the organization Regional Public Defenders for Capital Cases to
Oct. 6
TEXASimpending execution
Texas inmate set for execution for $8 robbery, slaying
No late appeals have been filed on behalf of a Texas inmate who says he
shouldn't die for fatally shooting a Mexican man who was robbed of $8.
Juan Martin Garcia's execution is scheduled for
Oct. 3
TEXASnew execution date
Coy Wesbrook has been given an execution date for March 9; it should be
consideed serious.
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present10
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-528
Abbott#scheduled execution
Oct. 1
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: After Appeal Denied, Death Row Inmate to DieClaims of mental
retardation did nothing to stop the state's next execution
Juan Martin Garcia goes to the gurney on Tuesday, Oct. 6, after 5 weeks in
which the state of Texas didn't
Sept. 25
TEXAS:
Texas Is Making Its Own Execution Drugs, Oklahoma Inmate Alleges
Many death penalty states have struggled to obtain a lethal injection drug that
Texas has consistently been able to procure. In a filing Thursday in Oklahoma,
lawyers provided evidence that Texas sold
Sept. 17
TEXAS:
Executing Scott Panetti would be a moral failure for conservatives
We are still talking about executing Scott Panetti, the lifelong schizophrenic
who famously insisted on representing himself while on trial for his life
wearing a TV-Western cowboy costume. He
Sept. 16
TEXAS:
An Unfinished Prison Story
In 1967, Danny Lyon, a young photographer from New York who had spent the
beginning of his career documenting the civil-rights movement, was granted
permission by the Texas Department of Corrections to photograph freely inside
the state's
Sept. 12
TEXAS:
Capital murder defendant fails in bid for new attorneys
A Waco man facing the death penalty in a May 2014 double slaying failed Friday
in his bid to replace his 2 court-appointed attorneys.
Judge Ralph Strother of Waco's 19th State District Court denied a motion from
Sept. 3
TEXAS:
Records: Man linked to Samantha Dean case charged with capital murder
A man police believe VonTrey Clark hired to kill Samantha Dean has been charged
with capital murder in her death, a law enforcement official said.
Kevin Leo Watson, 31, had been in the Harris County
Sept. 2
TEXAS:
Oklahoma Chases the Texas Political Homicide Record
The question is not whether you will execute an innocent person in a state that
executes criminals. Oklahoma and Texas are engaged in a competition right now,
a sort of Red River Shootout off the football field, to
July 21
TEXAS:
Judge recommends overturning death sentence in capital murder case
A former soldier sentenced to death in 2010 for killing his ex-girlfriend and
her brother could have his death penalty overturned after a district judge
recommended a redo of the trial's punishment
July 17
TEXAS:
Into the FurnaceStephen Wilson's latest exhibition, Ultimate Justice, sheds
light on the death penalty in Texas
In 2013, mentally handicapped death row inmate Elroy Chester was executed at
the Huntsville Unit for his 1998 killing of a Port Arthur firefighter.
July 16
TEXASimpending execution
Texas inmate who's scheduled to die Thursday seeks delay
When firefighters responded to a call about smoke coming from a home in East
Texas, they found the burned body of a 93-year-old woman who lived there alone.
Investigators later determined
July 11
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Mental Illness Claims Fail; Death AwaitsAfter a 2005 murder,
Clifton Williams is set to be executed
East Texan Clifton Williams heads to the gurney next Thursday, July 16, after 9
years spent on death row for the murder of
July 9
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Mental Illness Claims Fail; Death AwaitsAfter a 2005 murder,
Clifton Williams is set to be executed
East Texan Clifton Williams heads to the gurney next Thursday, July 16, after 9
years spent on death row for the murder of Cecelia
July 7
TEXAS2 new execution dates
Judge sets execution date for Fort Worth killer of 3
A Tarrant County judge on Monday set an October execution date for a Fort Worth
man who killed 3 men in 2 days in 2005.
State District Judge David C. Hagerman ruled that Christopher Wilkins,
June 26
TEXAS:
Lubbock man arrested in double homicide indicted for capital murderDavid
Carrillo accused in fatal shooting of couple
A Lubbock County grand jury indicted Thursday a 29-year-old man who admitted to
investigators he shot to death his former girlfriend and her
June 25
TEXASnew execution date
Licho Escamilla has been given an execution date for Oct. 14; it should be
considered serious.
*
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present9
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-527
June 24
TEXAS:
Visualization: A Shrinking Texas Death Row
The number of inmates on Texas' death row is falling.
At its peak in 1999, 460 men and women were living with a death sentence in
Texas, according to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Today,
there are 260.
The
June 19
TEXAS:
Death row inmate Brandon Daniel to waive appeals in officer's slaying
Death row inmate Brandon Daniel, found guilty of capital murder in the 2012
killing of an Austin police officer, is expected to appear in Travis County
court Friday morning to waive his appeals and
June 18
TEXASimpending execution
Gregory Russeau: Life on death row
Don't wear white.
Don't wear white and button up your shirt.
Don't wear white, button up your shirt, and the clock starts as soon as you
start talking to him. Oh, and the guards are trained to shoot, just in
June 17
TEXASimpending execution
Gregory Russeau of Texas to be executed this week in auto mechanic's death
A man convicted in the fatal beating of a 75-year-old auto repair shop owner in
East Texas is facing execution this week, with no court appeals pending.
Gregory Russeau is
June 17
TEXAS:
Texas Prosecutor Disbarred for Illegally Sending A Man to Death Row
The legal profession is a noble and time-honored one, despite high-profile
examples of a few bad apples. At their best, lawyers constitute the thin line
between justice and tyranny. Even fictional Los
June 16
TEXAS:
Execution date set for Tyler man convicted of murdering 93 year old woman
An execution date was set Thursday for 31-year-old Clifton Lamar Williams who
is on death row for the slaying of a 93-year-old woman a decade ago at her home
in Tyler.
State District Judge
June 13
TEXAS:
Former death row inmate Cathy Henderson pleads guilty in baby's death
Once just 2 days away from execution, former baby sitter Cathy Lynn Henderson
on Friday pleaded guilty to murder in the 1994 death of an infant and was
sentenced to 25 years in prison, months before
May 22
TEXAS:
Execution Drugs to be State Secret Under Legislation Headed to Governor
Manufacturers of execution drugs will be shielded from public scrutiny, helping
to keep Texas' capital punishment machine in working order, under a bill headed
to the governor's office. On Tuesday,
May 15
TEXAS:
Texas obtains new supply of pentobarbital for execution use
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has purchased a new supply of drugs
that will allow the prison agency to at least carry out 2 executions scheduled
for June, officials said Thursday.
Derrick Dewayne
May 2
TEXAS:
DA Will Seek Death Penalty In Deadly Double Shooting
McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna announced Friday his office is
seeking the death penalty for a man who is accused of capital murder in a May
13, 2014 double shooting.
Todric McDonald, 28, is accused of
April 23
TEXAS:
Execution drug supplier secrecy bill moving forward in Texas House
Legislation that would keep secret the names and addresses of manufacturers and
suppliers of the drugs the state uses to execute death row inmates, is moving
fast in the Texas Legislature.
On
April 14
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Prepares for Manuel Garza Execution on April 15, 2015
Manuel Fernando Garza Jr.'s, execution is scheduled to occur at 6 pm CDT, on
Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State
Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas.
April 14
TEXASimpending execution
Man set to be executed for killing San Antonio officer
Manuel Garza Jr. already had a lengthy criminal record and was wanted on
outstanding warrants when a police officer working on a special team targeting
property crimes stopped him at a San
April 7
TEXAS:
U.S. Supreme Court denies Texas death row appeals
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear appeals from 2 men on Texas' death
row.
Arthur Brown
Attorneys for 44-year-old Arthur Brown went to the high court after lower
federal courts rejected arguments Brown
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