February 6
TEXAS:
DNA testing results released on death row case of Larry Swearingen
More than a year after prosecutors agreed to DNA testing on decades-old
evidence in a Montgomery County death row case, the results are in - and they
didn't reveal anything new.
Most of the aging
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
Feb. 25
TEXAS:
Gov. Abbott Calls For 'Effective Death Penalty'
Today Governor Greg Abbott is speaking out for the 1st time about the Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals' stay of execution in the case of Rodney Reed. A
Bastrop County jury convicted Reed of the 1996 rape and strangling
Oct. 19
TEXAS:
Man on death row because in Texas, being black means you're dangerous?
Justice should be blind. It should be blind to race, income, class and other
factors. However, in the case of Duane Buck, race played a major factor in his
death sentence for capital murder.
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