Oct. 30
TEXAS:
Texas man guilty in burning death of store clerk
A jury has found a North Texas man guilty of capital murder for setting a clerk
on fire as he robbed her convenience store.
The Dallas County jury turned to the penalty phase Wednesday after finding
38-year-old Matthew
Oct. 17
TEXAS:
Morton, Scheck: Changes are long overdue for Texas' clemency process;
Willingham case highlights need for system reform
Few people can comprehend the pain felt by the family of Cameron Todd
Willingham, whose survivors recently stood with us at the Capitol to ask the
Oct. 9
TEXASexecution
Texas executes Lubbock man who killed parents
A Texas man was put to death Wednesday evening for killing his parents at their
Lubbock home 15 years ago during a drug-influenced rampage that also left his
89-year-old grandmother dead.
Michael Yowell, 43,
Oct. 8
TEXASimpending execution
Judge rejects killer's bid to halt execution over drug
A Houston federal judge has a rejected a Lubbock killer's bid to stop his
pending execution by claiming that the state's planned use of a lethal drug
purchased from a Woodlands compounding
Sept. 19
TEXASimpending execution
South Texas gang member set for execution Thursday
Robert Gene Garza never gave a second thought to joining a far South Texas
street gang called the Tri-City Bombers, where the skinny kid of 9 or 10 became
known as Bones.
By age 20 he was on the
Sept. 18
TEXASnew execution date
Convicted cop killer gets execution date set after lengthy delays
An execution date in Texas is drawing the attention of the US Secretary of
State. Back in 1994, Edgar Tamayo was convicted in the shooting death of a
Houston police officer during an
Sept. 12
TEXASimpending execution
Death WatchThe Texas death chamber gets back into gear
Texas' death chamber will gear up to take the 1st of 5 lives before the end of
2013 with the execution of Robert Garza, scheduled for Sept. 19. Garza was
convicted and sentenced to die as a
Aug. 22
TEXAS:
Law could curb death penalty cases in Texas
Pending capital murder casesUPSHUR COUNTY
Sarah Haslam, 20
Andrew Norwine, 21
Daniel Jones, 20
GREGG COUNTY
Torry Jamal Reed, 18
Brendan Xavier Douglas, 23
Joshua O'Steven Reese, 32
An area prosecutor says a new
Aug. 21
TEXAS:
Iraq war veteran arraigned in death of former U.S. military sniper
An Iraq war veteran accused of fatally shooting former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris
Kyle, a decorated sniper, and another man at a shooting range in Texas was
arraigned Tuesday on 2 counts of capital murder,
July 24
TEXASnew execution datefemale
Execution Date Set For Texas Women's Death Row Inmate
State District Judge Mary Lou Keel has set a Feb. 5, 2014 execution date for
Suzanne Basso, 59, who's held on women's death row in Gatesville.
Basso was convicted of capital murder in
July 20
TEXASnew death sentence
Man gets death penalty in 1992 killing of 6-year-old
It took more than 2 decades for Angelo Garcia's mother to see her 6-year-old
son's killer sent to death row.
On Friday, she said it was worth it.
It's the greatest news, and it took 21 years,
July 18
TEXASimpending execution
Supreme Court considering appeal that would block execution of a Texas man
The Supreme Court is considering an appeal that would block the execution of a
Texas man.
Former Texas Tech student Vaughn Ross is set to die today for a 2001 double
June 27
TEXAS:
500th execution in Texas stirs emotions for exonerated death row
prisonerAnthony Graves's conviction for multiple murder was overturned
after appeals court learned that case was riddled with problems
When Texas crossed the gruesome milestone on Wednesday night by
June 25
TEXASimpending 500th execution
Lawyer: Texas woman's execution can't be stopped
An attorney for a Dallas County woman set to die Wednesday says she has
exhausted all efforts to block her execution, which would be the 500th in Texas
since the state resumed carrying out the
June 14
TEXASnew death sentence
Jury hands down death penalty in 1975 murder case
Jurors sentenced Willie Roy Jenkins to death after 4 hours of deliberations on
Thursday, the 1st death sentence handed down in more than 20 years in Hays
County.
Jenkins was convicted of capital
June 11
TEXAS:
Embattled Federal Judge Called For Texas To Execute 8 To 12 Times As Many
Inmates Per Year
According to a complaint filed last week against federal appellate Judge Edith
Jones, Jones suggested that African-Americans and Hispanics are predisposed
towards violent crime
June 5
TEXASnew execution date
Michael Yowell has been given an execution date of October 9; it should be
considered serious.
Executions under Rick Perry, 2001-present-259
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982-present498
Perry
June 4
TEXAS:
Jury Selection Underway In Capital Murder Case
Waco prosecutors and a local district judge were in Georgetown Monday as
individual interviews were underway to seat a jury in a Waco capital murder
trial.
Albert Love, of Waco, will stand trial in Georgetown after Judge Ralph
May 11
TEXAS:
Racism in a Texas Death Case
In the annals of racism in the Texas criminal justice system, 7 death penalty
cases are in a class by themselves. In 2000, after the Supreme Court ordered a
new sentencing hearing in 1 of them, Senator John Cornyn, who was then the
state
May 10
TEXAS:
Granger appeal will cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands
It could take a decade and hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars spent on
appeals before Bartholomew Granger reaches a Texas death chamber for killing a
Deweyville grandma in a 2012 shooting spree.
Death
May 9
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: New Appeal Argues Mental Impairment; New appeal argues Williams'
mental impairment
It was 9:07pm on May 19, 1990 when undercover Houston Police Officer Troy
Blando ran a check through the mobile data terminal in his unmarked Jeep
May 9
TEXASstay of impendnig execution
Execution for Prison Guard Murder Delayed for DNA Tests
State lawyers agreed Thursday to a 60-day reprieve for death row inmate Robert
Pruett, who was scheduled for execution May 21, after the inmate filed a
request for DNA testing, arguing
May 8
TEXASnew death sentence
Jurors sentence courthouse killer to death; Bartholomew Granger convicted in
Minnie Ray Sebolt's death
A Houston man was sentenced to death Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a
79-year-old woman outside a Southeast Texas courthouse.
Bartholomew
May 7
TEXASimpending execution
Waco robbery-drug deal gunman set for execution
A convicted drug dealer faces execution for shooting an 18-year-old man to
death a decade ago during a robbery outside a Waco convenience store.
Authorities say Carroll Joe Parr was trying to get his
April 28
TEXAS:
Texas House OKs review of wrongful convictions; Bill sparks fear of
overreaching.
It had been nearly a 10-year struggle, but last week, with little opposition in
a 115-28 vote, the Texas House passed legislation that would allow for the
creation of an exoneration
April 16
TEXASimpending execution
Texas man convicted in carjack slaying set to die
When police in North Texas arrested Ronnie Threadgill for a carjacking and
fatal shooting, he was hiding under a semitrailer, clinging to an axle.
Blood on his clothing matched the blood of a
April 12
TEXAS:
Author of 'Dead Man Walking' brings campaign against death penalty to Fort
Worth
It's been nearly 20 years since Dead Man Walking was published, and its author,
Sister Helen Prejean, still travels the country, speaking about the horror of
government-sponsored
April 9
TEXASimpending execution
Texas to execute inmate convicted in 1990 murder and rape
Texas inmate Rickey Lewis is scheduled to be put to death on Tuesday for
murdering a man in 1990 and then raping the dead man's fiancee.
A dozen Texas convicts are scheduled to be executed
April 4
TEXASimpending executions
3 Executions Pending; 3 more executions scheduled and under appeal
Last week Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins asked for a postponement of
the April 3 execution date for Kimberly McCarthy, scheduled to become the 5th
woman executed in Texas
April 2
TEXASimpending execution(s)
Texas inmate to die April 9 loses Supreme Court appealUS Supreme Court
refuses to review case of convicted East Texas killer set to die next week
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the case of a Texas death row
inmate who's set to
March 22
TEXASimpending female execution
Texas Women's Death Row Inmate Seeks Delay In Execution
Convicted killer Kimberly McCarthy, who's held on women's death row in
Gatesville, is asking a state district judge in Dallas to halt her execution,
which is now scheduled for April 3.
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March 7
TEXAS:
Death Watch: Fifth Circuit Spanks CCA, Prosecutors; Appeals court reverses
death penalty
On Feb. 27, the notoriously hard-line 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rebuked
the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals,
March 5
TEXAS:
Report: Update laws to keep innocent Texans out of prison
The goal is to reduce wrongful convictions and ensure the proceedings are fair,
as Texas lawmakers consider several plans to amend state law about what
evidence must be shared between prosecutors and defense
March 4
TEXAS:
Swearingen gets partial win over document review
The attorney for Larry Ray Swearingen was in Conroe Friday requesting access to
almost all of the evidence in the convicted killer's death penalty case.
While Montgomery County prosecutors deemed the motion a fishing
March 2
TEXAS:
Death penalty insanity in the case of Andre Thomas
Stripped of the modern trappings of the court system, the saga of condemned
Texas murderer Andre Thomas resembles a medieval horror story featuring
madness, a family's homicidal slaughter, the defendant's self-mutilation
Feb. 26
TEXAS:
Capital murder alleged in pickaxe slaying
A Parker County grand jury indicted Nicholas Nick David Camfield on a charge
of capital murder Thursday in the brutal slaying of John J.D. Daniel Doss II
in January.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death
Feb. 25
TEXASchange of impending execution date
John Quintanilla, Jr. has had his execution date pushed back to July 16; it
should (still) be considered serious.
Executions under Rick Perry, 2001-present-254
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982-present493
Feb. 17
TEXASnew execution date
Pruett's execution set for May 21
Most of those in the courtroom Monday morning were armed security personnel
when Texas Department of Criminal Justice correctional officers walked in with
Robert Lynn Pruett.
Senior District Judge Ronald Yeager
Feb. 15
TEXAS:
Key Witness Continues Testimony in Robertson Murder Trial
One of the key witnesses for the defense team in convicted College Station
murderer Stanley Robertson's trial continued his testimony Thursday.
It's a day that started tougher than it already was for the
Feb. 12
TEXASimpending 500th execution list
Executions under Rick Perry, 2001-present-253
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982-present492
Perry #scheduled execution date-name-Tx. #
254-February 21---Carl Blue---493
Feb. 9
TEXAS:
After years of insisting he was innocent of murder, death row inmate Charles
Dean Hood pleads guilty, takes life sentence
A Collin County death row inmate who came within hours of being executed in
2008 has pleaded guilty and accepted a life prison term rather than
Jan. 29
TEXASstay of impending female execution
Texas woman's execution halted; DA won't appeal
Prosecutors say they aren't appealing a state judge's decision to halt the
scheduled Tuesday evening execution of a Texas woman.
She would have been the 1st woman put to death in the
Jan. 29
TEXASnew film
THE ROAD TO LIVINGSTONDirected by Erik Mauck Chelsea Hernandez
Delia Perez-Meyer, an elementary school teacher, has taken a weeklyjourney from
the classroom to death row for the past 12 years. She tells of her personal
voyage, beginning from a place of
Jan. 17
TEXAS:
Death penalty to be sought in 2 capital murder cases
2 defendants in separate pending capital murder cases in Lubbock will face the
possibility of the ultimate punishment.
District Attorney Matt Powell said notices of intent to seek the death penalty
have been filed
Nov. 12
TEXAS:
Justice is debatable in Texas death penalty case
Larry Swearingen faces imminent execution in Texas for a crime that forensic
scientists say he could not have committed. His time is running out.
In his 12 years on death row, Larry Swearingen's execution date has been
Nov. 8
TEXASimpending execution
Man to die for 2002 slaying of East Texas woman
Condemned Texas prisoner Mario Swain is to die for the beating, stabbing and
strangling of a woman during a break-in at her East Texas home a decade ago.
The 33-year-old Swain faces lethal injection
Oct. 26
TEXAS:
State Rep. Torres: Death penalty needed for cartels, terrorists on border with
Mexico
State Rep. Raul Torres wants the death penalty for terrorists and drug
traffickers that harm U.S. citizens.
The Republican candidate for state Sen. Juan Chuy Hinojosa's seat, which
Sept. 25
TEXASexecution
Texas executes ex-Army recruiter after 3 reprieves
A former Army recruiter failed to win a 4th reprieve from the U.S. Supreme
Court and was executed Tuesday evening in Texas for participating in the
shooting death of a woman he and a buddy met 10 years ago
Sept. 20
TEXASexecution
Texas executes man who confessed to killing 5
An ex-con who confessed to killing 5 people at a Dallas-area car wash a week
after he was fired from his job there 12 years ago was executed Thursday
evening.
Robert Wayne Harris, 40, received lethal injection
Sept. 18
TEXASimpending execution
Families still grieving as car wash killer's execution nears
Robert Wayne Harris has a date with death later this week.
Harris, 40, has been on death row since he was convicted of killing 5 former
co-workers at the Mi-T-Fine car wash in Irving on
July 27
TEXASimpending execution
Stay of execution filed in Druery case
Attorneys for 32-year-old Marcus Druery — a Texas death row inmate from Bryan
scheduled to be executed next Wednesday — filed a stay of execution with the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals this week.
Druery
May 24
TEXAS:
Death sentence upheld for Blaine Milam, another East Texas killer
An appeals court upheld the death sentence for a Rusk County man convicted in
the 2008 beating death of his girlfriend's 13-month-old daughter.
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the ruling.
May 5
TEXAS:
Death penalty isn't solution
Re: Think of victims instead by Don Skaggs, Tuesday letters
As Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said, Everyone is entitled to his own
opinion, but not his own facts. In just 134 words, Don Skaggs manages to bring
his own freshly minted facts
Feb. 15
TEXAS:
Prisons running low on execution drugs again, but prison agency withholds
details
A new report surfaced on Tuesday that Texas again might be running out of a key
drug used to execute its condemned criminals, but state prison officials said
that they have enough to
Feb. 11
TEXASdeath penalty-related
Texas Ranked Top Exporting State for 10th Consecutive Year
Texas has been ranked the top exporting state in 2011 for the 10th year in a
row, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce, a sign of
Texas' continued role as a
Dec. 12
TEXAS:
Supreme Court upholds death for triple murderer
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a convicted triple
murderer who won a new punishment trial after coming within a day of execution
8 years ago.
Mark Robertson now has been on death row for more
Nov. 16
TEXASexecution
Killer of 7-year-old San Antonio girl executed
A convicted sex offender was put to death Wednesday evening for slipping into a
San Antonio apartment in the middle of the night, snatching a 7-year-old girl
and raping and strangling her.
Guadalupe Esparza,
Oct. 12
TEXAS:
Mental Retardation Hearing Begins For Local Serial KillerSister, Friend,
Former Teacher Testify David Leonard Wood Was Slow Learner
A hearing to determine whether local serial killer David Leonard Wood is
mentally retarded and should be spared the death penalty for
Sept. 26
TEXAS:
John Henry Ramirez In Court for Death Penalty Appeal
In Corpus Christi, convicted murderer John Henry Ramirez is in court today to
continue the appeal for his death sentence for the 2004 murder of a convenience
store clerk.
The appeal is based on the claim that
Aug. 21
TEXAS:
Year-old state office challenges death sentences
Brad Levenson wasn't thrilled to watch the condemned prisoner die, but he
believed it was his duty to his client — and to the state-funded agency he now
leads, charged with defending people who have been sentenced to
Aug. 18
TEXASnew execution date
Date is set for execution of child killerSex offender convicted of raping,
murdering 7-year-old girl in 1999.
A registered sex offender who raped and killed a little girl a dozen years ago
is scheduled to die Nov. 16 by lethal injection, a
Jan. 23
TEXASdeath sentence overturned
Man's death sentence overturned
A Galveston man convicted of capital murder in the brutal killing of a
college instructor in 1993 will remain on death row while prosecutors
decide whether to appeal the reversal of his death sentence.
Gaylon
Jan. 19
TEXAS:
Trial for 2004 McKinney quadruple homicide focuses on man who once
confessed
The capital murder trial of Raul Cortez, one of two defendants charged
with killing 4 people in McKinney, has been overshadowed by the presence
of a man originally charged with the crime.
Cortez
Jan. 14
TEXASexecution
Texan put to death in nation's 1st execution of '09The Texas Board of
Pardons and Paroles refused a clemency petition that said Curtis Moore
could be mentally retarded and ineligible for the death penalty.
A man convicted of murdering 3 people during a
Dec. 11
TEXASnew death sentence
Killer Robert Sparks sentenced to death
Convicted murderer Robert Sparks has been sentenced to death for the fatal
stabbing of his wife and 2 stepsons last year.
A Dallas County jury reached its decision this morning after deliberating
for 9 1/2 hours
Oct. 29
TEXASimpending execution
Homeless man set to die for killing helpful woman
Donna Duncan Vick's kindness to the homeless took her life.
Now 1 of 2 homeless men condemned for her murder more than 10 years ago is
set to pay with his.
Gregory Wright faced lethal injection
Oct. 20
TEXASimpending execution
Execution of North Texas ManNortheast Texas Man to Die for
Burglary-Slaying
Joseph Ries says he doesn't remember much about committing a murder nearly
10 years ago.
The fatal shooting of 64-year-old Robert Ratliff at his rural Hopkins
County
Oct. 11
TEXASnumerous impending executions
12 Texas inmates face execution in next 6 weeks
The crowd on A-Wing A-Section at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Polunsky Unit is about to get thinned.
A dozen condemned inmates in the so-called death watch cells on Texas
death row
Oct. 6
TEXAS:
Mayor Cook on guitar against Texas' death penalty
In a dark blue pin-striped suit, crisp white dress shirt, snug red tie and
shiny brown dress shoes, El Paso Mayor John Cook sure didn't look like any
folk singer.
But he slung one knee over the other, braced his guitar and
July 18
TEXAS:
Judge delays ruling on DNA tests in 1983 slayings near Sherman
After a contentious 90-minute hearing, a state district judge on Thursday
delayed ruling on whether possible evidence in a 1983 quadruple slaying
should be submitted for further DNA analysis.
Lawyers for death
June 22
TEXAS:
Texas gets off to slow restart on executionsDespite delays, experts
predict state will lead nation once again
Of the 3 inmates who had dates with death this year, only one was sent
into Texas' death chamber and executed, an uncharacteristic start for a
state that
May 16
TEXAS:
Spending 3 decades on death row
Ralph Ablanedo was just 26 years old, a married father of 2 young sons,
when he was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop on May 18, 1978.
3 decades and 3 convictions later, a man who killed an Austin police
officer still sits on death
March 18
TEXAS:
Inmate loses appeal in death-penalty case
A federal appeals court has rejected a condemned Texas man's appeal of his
conviction and death sentence for the baseball bat murders of his live-in
girlfriend and her teenage son.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected
Aug. 14
TEXAS:
Innocent Man Sentenced to Death Under Cruel Texas Law
Kenneth Foster faces death for a crime he didn't commit because of a twist
of Texas law that enables a jury to sentence someone to death even if he
or she had no proven role in a murder.
Kenneth Foster's time is
July 1
TEXAS:
Assessing the SupremesJustices miss on race, deliver on death penalty
The Supreme Court's rulings Thursday dealt with two issues important to
many Texans: the role of race in America and the way Texas carries out its
death penalty. Here's our view:
Race and school -
June 28
TEXAS:
3 condemned killers lose appeals
3 condemned murderers lost appeals Wednesday before the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals, including an El Paso man convicted of killing a woman
and then ordering a friend to cut off his victim's fingers to prevent his
DNA from being linked
June 1
TEXASimpending execution
Knight has an execution date of June 26, 2007 Best joke will be
recited as last statement; Requests for funniest jokes Death Row
Inmate Wishes to Be 'Dead Man Laughing'; Texas Condemned Man Patrick Bryan
Knight Wishes to 'Die Laughing'
Patrick
May 18
TEXAS:
7th execution date tied to Bexar is set
The record pace of Bexar County execution dates continued Thursday when a
judge scheduled what could be the year's seventh lethal injection for a
local murderer.
The Aug. 29 date for John Joe Amador set the stage for two such
April 30
TEXAS:
Court Takes Death Penalty Case
The Supreme Court stepped into a Texas death penalty case Monday that
mixes Bush administration claims of executive power with the role of
international law in state court proceedings.
The case accepted by the justices for argument this fall
April 6
TEXAS:
Man charged with capital murder in stabbing
A 29-year-old Palestine man described as a long-time friend of his alleged
victim has been arrested and charged with capital murder in connection
with last summers brutal stabbing death of a 27-year-old local man.
Jeramy Lee
April 3
TEXAS:
Tabler sentenced to death
Richard Lee Tabler, whom his victims' families labeled a monster and an
animal without feelings, became the 386th person on Texas death row on
Monday.
Tabler, 28, showed no emotion as 264th District Judge Martha Trudo read
the jury's verdict
March 21
TEXAS:
Dallas man becomes third inmate executed in March
The 3rd person to be executed in Texas so far in March was pronounced dead
at the Hunstville Units death chamber Tuesday night.
Charles Anthony Nealy, who was known as Anthony, was pronounced dead at
7:20 p.m., seven
March 4
TEXAS:
Trial in errorWhy Joseph Nichols' execution must be stopped; The
state's flip-flops on testimony have made a mockery of the system
Capital punishment is always a controversial issue. A fair trial should
not be.
Joseph Nichols' execution should be halted.
The murder
Jan. 5
TEXAS:
Alleged shooter to stand trial in Hidalgo County
A man accused of participating in a 2003 Edinburg drug raid that ended in
6 deaths will stand trial in Hidalgo County, a district court judge ruled
Thursday.
Judge Bobby Flores dismissed Marcial Mata Bocanegra's request for
Nov. 7
TEXAS:
His life: In trouble since 16, most of his life behind barsWillie
Shannon is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, Nov. 8.
Texas death row inmate No. 999086 was born on June 12, 1973, as Willie
Marcel Shannon.
Shannon grew up in Columbus, Texas, with his mother,
August 20
TEXAS:
San Antonio reopens case 13 years after execution
Ruben Cantu loudly proclaimed his innocence before he was executed in 1993
-- as he had for the 8 years he spent on Texas' death row.
Few paid much attention to Cantu, who was convicted in 1985 for killing a
Mexican-born
July 1
TEXAS:
On 6th anniversary of his execution -- Shaka Sankofa remembered
The Houston chapter of the National Black United Front held its annual
Shaka and Assata Community Work-In on June 22, to commemorate the life and
contributions of Shaka Sankofa and to remember the dozens and
May 31
TEXAS:
Deal lets city subpoena 3 lab workersLegislator and investigator agree
on a plan to force them to testify
3 recalcitrant witnesses believed to hold key information concerning the
root of problems at the Houston Police Department crime lab could soon be
forced to tell
April 20
TEXAS:
Execution of 'Railroad Killer' delayed for psychiatric testing
The scheduled execution next month of Angel Maturino Resendiz, the Mexican
drifter dubbed the Railroad Killer, has been delayed for more
psychiatric testing, according to Harris County prosecutors.
Maturino
Feb. 13
TEXASnew execution date
Derrick O'Brien has been given an execution date of May 16; it should be
considered serious.
(sources: TDCJ Rick Halperin)
PENNSYLVANIA:
Rendell signs 3 death warrants
Gov. Ed Rendell on Monday signed 3 execution warrants, including one for
Dec. 3
TEXAS:
Woman found drowned tied to Sinegal case
Preliminary autopsy results on a Port Arthur woman found Thursday floating
in a reservoir near the Motiva Enterprise refinery indicated she
accidentally drowned, Justice of the Peace Robert Bob Morgan said.
A passing tractor-trailer
Oct. 20
TEXASexecution
Man convicted in firefighter's murder executed
Professing his innocence, Luis Ramirez was executed Thursday night for
organizing and carrying out what authorities said was a murder-for-hire
scheme that culminated with the shotgun slaying of a San Angelo
Oct. 1
TEXAS:
Luis Ramirez
Oct. 20, 2005
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On Oct. 20, 2005 Luis Ramirez, a Hispanic man, will be executed for hiring
Edward Bell to kill 19-year-old Nemicio Nandin, another Hispanic man, on
April 8,
March 30
TEXAS:
State: Victim had defense woundsWitness is better suspect, defense
says
Prosecutors in the capital murder trial of Bevy Wilson outlined their
evidence Tuesday, saying they intend to show Wilson savagely beat a
10-year-old boy and his father then went to a nearby bar
March 31
TEXAS:
State drops death penalty for Joe LaRue
In a case that has already had enough twists and turns to require a road
map, the capital murder trial of Joe LaRue changed course once again
Wednesday when the jury was dismissed and the state removed its request to
seek the
May 4
TEXAS:
A 4-year-old girl found stabbed to death behind her Bay City home Friday
has been identified as SanJuanita S. Gaona.
The child's uncle, 20-year-old Francisco Castellano, remains in the Bay
City jail. He is being held without bail on a charge of capital murder.
Under state
June 30
TEXASnew death sentence
Death sentence orderedFarmersville: Killer's sister apologizes to
slain woman's mother
In McKinney, convicted murderer Moises Sandoval Mendoza was sentenced to
death Wednesday for killing a Farmersville mother last year.
As he stood for the
July 5
TEXAS:
5th Circuit Court rules in its own wayIts decisions have a history of
defying the Supreme Court
AT A GLANCEAbout the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals:
-Home: Based in New Orleans, serves the region comprising Texas, Louisiana
and Mississippi.
-Cases: A court of
July 30
TEXAS:
3 arrested in connection to weekend murder
Authorities arrested two teens and a 23-year-old man all accused in a
murder and attempted murder last weekend.
Police say the three suspects, who robbed the 2 teens, were after a yellow
sports car; instead, they got a black
June 14
TEXASobituary
James Grigson: Expert psychiatric witness was nicknamed Dr. Death
Dr. James Grigson practiced psychiatry for nearly 45 years, but he gained
notoriety as an expert witness in more than 150 capital murder trials.
His testimony about defendants' potential threat to
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