April 2
TEXAS:
Man indicted over death of his parents
A Gladewater man could face the death penalty after his indictment Thursday on
a capital murder charge in the death of his parents.
Gladewater police found the bodies of Charles and Raye Lansdale, both 68, on
Jan. 22 during a wel
March 31
TEXAS:
How a death row inmate who's been in prison since he was 15 finds meaning in
daily life
When most of the 242 death row inmates living at the Allan B. Polunsky prison
look out their tiny, barred windows, they see razor wire, brick buildings, and
death.
But Robert Pru
March 30
TEXASstay of impending execution
Father who killed daughters given death penalty reprieve
A federal appeals court Wednesday stopped the scheduled lethal injection of a
former accountant hours before he was to be executed for gunning down his 2
young daughters in Dallas 15 y
March 30
TEXASstay of impending execution
Execution stay issued for John Battaglia, Dallas man who murdered his 'little
babies'
The former Dallas accountant scheduled to be put to death Wednesday for
murdering his young daughters in 2001 has been issued a last-minute stay of
exe
March 30
TEXASimpending execution
Dallas Man Set to Die for Killing Daughters
Attorneys are asking federal courts to halt the scheduled execution of a
60-year-old former Dallas accountant condemned for gunning down his young
daughters while their mother helplessly listened on the p
March 29
TEXASimpending execution
Dallas man set to be executed in death of daughters, 9 and 6
Enraged over his ex-wife going to police about his harassment and likely
arrest, John David Battaglia used a May 2001 visit with their 2 young daughters
to avenge his anger. As their mot
March 29
TEXAS:
Execution appeals rejected
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday refused to review an appeal by
death-row inmate John Battaglia to have his sentence for killing his 2 young
daughters at his Dallas apartment nearly 15 years ago commuted to life in
prison.
March 28
TEXASimpending execution
Former US Marine who gunned down daughters as mother listened on phone to be
executed tomorrow
A 60-year-old former US Marine is set to die by lethal injection tomorrow for
gunning down his 2 young daughters as their mum listened on the phone.
March 28
TEXAS:
Petitioning Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Board of Pardons and ParolesNo
execution for Robert Roberson in Texas
Robert Roberson was condemned to death for killing 2002 his 2-year-old daughter
Nikki. Since 2004 he claims that not he but the sister of his former
g
March 27
TEXAS:
Driver Faces Murder Charge in Officer's Death
A driver is facing a capital murder charge after police said he intentionally
hit and killed an El Paso motorcycle officer in a crash earlier this month.
The car's driver, John Paul Perry, a 45-year-old convict allegedly li
March 25
TEXAS:
Minister jailed for protesting execution refuses to be silent
At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the Rev. Jeff Hood made his stand against the death penalty.
At the very moment Adam Ward was being put to death for a 2005 killing of code
enforcement officer in Hunt County, the Denton re
March 24
TEXASimpending execution
Does John Battaglia Remember He Murdered His Children?A father who killed
his 2 young daughters is scheduled to be executed March 30
Texas will wrap up a busy month at the death chamber on Wednesday, March 30,
when the state executes 60-year-o
March 23
TEXAS:
With support of US Supreme Court, Texas authorities execute mentally ill man
Adam Kelly Ward, a severely mentally ill Texas man sentenced to death for the
2005 murder of 44-year-old Michael Walker, was executed Tuesday evening by
lethal injection. Ward, 33, was the 9th
March 23
TEXAS:
Honduran man on Texas death row loses federal appeal
A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a Honduran man on Texas
death row for beating and strangling a Houston woman during a robbery at her
home more than 20 years ago.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap
March 22
TEXASexecution
Texas executes man in 2005 murder of city code enforcement worker
A Texas man on death row for killing a worker who was on his property looking
for city code violations was put to death Tuesday.
Adam Ward was given a lethal injection for shooting and killi
March 22
TEXASimpending execution
High court refuses to spare man from texas execution
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block the execution of a Texas man who
killed a city code enforcement worker in 2005.
Attorneys for 33-year-old Adam Ward argued a high court ban on execut
March 22
TEXASimpending execution
U.S. Supreme Court considering whether to spare Texas man from
executionSupreme Court weighs whether to exectute man
The U.S. Supreme Court was considering whether a Texas man who killed a city
worker in 2005 should be spared from a lethal in
March 21
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Man Convicted in Killing of City Worker Set to Die
Attorneys for a death row inmate from North Texas who shot to death a city
employee who was taking photos of junk piled up at his family's property say
their client is delusional and should
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 Mi
March 17
TEXASimpending execution
Appeals court denies stay of execution for Adam Kelly Ward
The state's highest criminal appeals court has denied a stay of execution for a
Commerce man, who claims he was mentally ill when he shot and killed one of the
city's code enforcement offic
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 time,
March 3
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Heat of the MomentCoy Wesbrook's mental deficiencies make his
pending execution a "travesty," claims his lawyer
Coy Wesbrook was 39 years old when he killed his ex-wife Gloria Coons and 4 of
her friends at Coons' home just east of
Mar. 1
TEXAS:
This Man Has Witnessed More Than 200 Executions
So far this year, the State of Texas has executed 3 death row inmates. 10 more
are scheduled to die before the end of July. At each execution are the prison
warden, representatives from the press and families of prisoners an
March 1
TEXASimpending execution
Polunsky inmate waits for death
Coy Wesbrook, Texas Death Row inmate No. 999281, stepped through white metal
doors wearing over-worn white prison scrubs and black reading glasses that were
slipping off his nose. Wesbrook was sentenced to death by let
Feb. 28
TEXAS:
Convicted killer maintains innocence 4 decades later
Jerry Jurek's hair went gray in prison.
But he still combs it back in the Elvis Presley-esque style popular 40 years
ago when he was arrested. Once a slender man, he now has a round face and
swollen fingers. His hands
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
pret
Feb. 24
TEXAS:
Pope tells Austin bishop not to 'give up fight' against death penalty
During his trip to the U.S.-Mexico border last week, Pope Francis told Austin
bishops to "not lose heart or give up the fight" against the death penalty,
auxiliary Bishop Daniel Garcia said Tuesday.
Feb. 22
TEXAS:
Former death row inmate seeks $2 million in state compensation
Former death row inmate Alfred Dewayne Brown filed a request Monday for almost
$2 million dollars in state compensation saying he spent more than 12 years
behind bars because he was wrongfully convicted.
S
Feb. 22
TEXAS:
Criminal intent protections should extend to mentally ill
There are approximately 350,000 inmates with a mental illness, yet only around
35,000 mentally ill patients in psychiatric hospitals. Mentally ill inmates
account for anywhere from 5-10 % of death row inmates. Per
Feb. 21
TEXAS:
Recommendations for candidates vying for the state's 2 unknown top courts
Republicans have several contested races for the state's top 2 courts on the
March 1 Brazos County ballot.
Texans like to elect their judges, even though they don't know the incumbents,
the chal
Feb. 19
TEXASnew execution date
Rolando Ruiz has been given an execution date for July 27; it should be
considered serious.
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Feb. 18
TEXAS:
Scalia's Final Order Was To Let This Texas Man Die
After 15 years of court battles, Gustavo Garcia became the 6th person put to
death in 2016, for the murder of a liquor store clerk. And he's the subject of
former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia???s final legal actio
Feb. 16
TEXASexecution
Texas Executes Man For 1990 MurderGustavo Garcia died by lethal injection
on Tuesday for killing a store clerk during an armed robbery.
Gustavo Garcia, 43, was executed in Texas on Tuesday for the 1990 murder of a
liquor store clerk during an armed robb
Feb. 16
TEXASimpending execution
Attorneys for a Texas inmate facing execution for the shotgun slaying of a
suburban Dallas liquor store clerk say no late appeals are planned
No late appeals are planned for a Texas inmate facing execution for the shotgun
slaying of a suburban Dall
Feb. 15
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Inmate Set to Die Tuesday for Dallas-Area Store Holdup
A suburban Dallas convenience store clerk was on the phone with his girlfriend
when 2 people, 1 of them carrying a sawed-off shotgun, walked in. Gregory
Martin told her he believed he w
Feb. 13
TEXASimpending execution
Plano man set for execution
A Plano man is set to be executed Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court refused
to hear his latest - and likely final - appeal.
In December 1990, then-19-year-old Gustavo Garcia shot and killed store clerk
Craig Turski,
Feb. 12
TEXAS:
Alleged devil worshiper charged with murder
A Houston man has been charged in the death of a 16-year-old who went missing
in January.
Edward O'Neal Jr., 18, is charged with murder in the death of Ryan Robert.
On Jan. 15, Christina Roberts reported her son Ryan missing
Feb. 12
TEXAS:
Prosecutors Are Almost Never Disciplined For MisconductSometimes the
prosecutor needs to be prosecuted.
In 1994, Anthony Graves was convicted on charges of setting a fire that killed
6 people in south Texas. He spent the next 18 years in prison -- 12 of them on
de
Feb. 11
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Double Death PenaltyGarcia, convicted of capital murder,
contends that his confessions were improperly admitted as evidence
In Jan. 1991, 19-year-old Gustavo Garcia, his wife, and a 3rd accomplice,
15-year-old Christopher Vargas,
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 co
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 Ja
Feb. 9
TEXAS:
State Bar board affirms disbarment of prosecutor who sent innocent man to death
row
The disciplinary board of the Texas State Bar on Monday affirmed the agency's
decision to disbar Charles Sebesta, the former prosecutor who oversaw the
wrongful death sentence of Anthon
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 campai
Feb. 4
TEXAS:
'I would like to apologise for all of the trouble I've caused': Final words of
death row inmates give a unique insight into their state of mind minutes before
death...and they're almost always POSITIVEPsychologists analysed language
in 407 statements of men on death ro
Feb. 3
TEXAS:
Faces of Death Row
Here is a look at the 252 inmates currently on Texas' death row. Texas, which
reinstated the death penalty in 1976, has the most active execution chamber in
the nation. On average, these inmates have spent 13 years, 11 months on death
row. Though 12 % o
Feb. 3
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Inmate Gustavo Garcia Receives Execution Date of February 16, 2016
Gustavo Julian Garcia is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm CST, on Tuesday,
February 16, 2016, inside the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary
in Huntsville, Texas. 4
Feb. 2
TEXAS:
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Execution Stays Granted Doubled Last Year
Texas' highest criminal court halted more executions in 2015 than in any of the
last 9 years, which some legal experts say is a sign of a legal shift in the
nation's most active death penalty state
Jan. 30
TEXAS:
Prosecutor who sent man to death row wrongfully seeks reversal of his
disbarment
Lawyers for Charles Sebesta, the ex-prosecutor who secured the wrongful death
sentence of Anthony Graves, told a panel of the State Bar of Texas on Friday
that he should not be disbarred
Jan. 29
TEXASnew execution date
Robert Roberson has been given an execution date for June 21; it should be
considered serious.
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Jan. 28
TEXASdeath penalty overturned
Death penalty thrown out in College Station murder case
A man sentenced to death in the 2010 strangulation of a College Station woman
will receive a new punishment hearing, according to a Wednesday ruling by the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeal
Jan. 27
TEXASexecution
Texas executes man who fatally shot game warden
A man convicted of killing a Texas game warden became the 2nd person executed
by the state of Texas this year on Wednesday.
James Freeman, 35, was killed by lethal injection just after 6 p.m. inside the
Walls
Jan. 27
TEXASimpending execution
No late appeals expected in Texas executionJames Freeman, 34, is set to die
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016, for a Texas game warden in 2007
No late appeals are expected for a man who is set to be executed for a Texas
game warden's death during a 2007
Jan. 27
TEXAS:
Trial date set for man accused of killing Stripes store clerk
Prosecutors have yet to decide whether they'll seek the death penalty in the
Elizalde case.Prosecutors have yet to decide whether they'll seek the death
penalty in the Elizalde case.
The man accused of robb
Jan. 27
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Game Warden Killer Set to be Executed Wednesday
A man convicted in the 2007 shooting death of a Texas game warden in Wharton
County is scheduled for execution Wednesday evening.
James Garrett Freeman, 35, shot and killed Justin Hurst, a game
Jan. 26
TEXASimpending execution
Media Advisory: James Garrett Freeman scheduled for execution
Pursuant to an order entered by the 329th Judicial District Court of Wharton
County, James Garrett Freeman is scheduled for execution after 6:00 p.m. on
January 27, 2016.
On March 16, 2
Jan. 26
TEXAS:
Texas Prepares for Execution of James Freeman on January 27, 2016
James Garrett Freeman's execution is scheduled to occur at 6 pm CST on
Wednesday, January 27, 2016, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State
Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. 35-year-old James is convic
Jan. 25
TEXASimpending execution
Man set to die in June for 1998 Farmers Branch slaying loses Supreme Court
appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the case of a man set to die later
this year for the slaying of a 64-year-old Dallas-area woman 18 years ago.
The high
Jan. 24
TEXAS:
Death penalty for juveniles?Charles: A 17-year-old murderer deserves
death
This week, Arnold Loewy and Charles Moster debate whether juveniles should be
subject to the death penalty. Moster is a former litigation attorney in the
Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush
Jan. 23
TEXAS:
9th District Court candidates discuss death penalty
With a decades-old capital murder case going back and forth in appeals that
originated in the 9th state District Court, candidates gunning for the court's
judge's seat weighed in on how they see the death penalty.
Eric
Jan. 22
TEXAS:
Talking with Ivan, I found a flame of life on death row
I was finally about to meet the man I had been writing letters to for 11 years.
Separated by glass, and unable to hug or shake hands, we would have to use
phone receivers to talk to each other. To my right and left
Jan. 21
TEXASnew execution date
Perry Williams has been given an execution date for July 14; it should be
considered serious.
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Jan. 21
TEXAS:
New info cast light on execution of 17-year-old murderer Joseph John Cannon
New information in the case of Joseph John Cannon, being revealed for the 1st
time today, casts a fresh look at the murder trial that reached the Supreme
Court, prompted reaction from the Pope
Jan. 20
TEXASexecution
Texas puts inmate to death for a killing 15 years ago in state's 1st execution
of 2016
A Texas man put to death Wednesday for a killing 15 years ago became the
state's 1st prisoner executed in 2016.
Richard Masterson, 43, was pronounced dead at 6:53 p.m. a
Jan. 20
TEXAS:
As an Attorney, Death Penalty Enthusiast Ted Cruz Really Loved Describing
Brutal Crimes
Texas Senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz has never exactly hidden his
passion for the death penalty - it's a love that speaks its name over and over
whenever he talks in pu
Jan. 20
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Set To Execute Man Amidst Claims That No Murder Took PlaceLawyers for
Richard Masterson, convicted of strangling a man to death, say he is innocent
and that the victim died of a heart attack.
Texas is scheduled to execute Richard Master
Jan. 19
TEXASimpending execution
Did a Dubious Confession Sway a Medical Examiner's Autopsy in a Texas Death
Penalty Case?
WHEN HE HADN'T HEARD from his best friend, Darin Shane Honeycutt, by Saturday
morning, January 27, 2001, Larry Brown was worried. Brown knew that Honeycutt
Jan. 19
TEXASimpending execution
Supreme Court refuses to review Texas death penalty case
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the case of a 42-year-old man set
to die next month for the slaying of a suburban Dallas liquor store clerk.
The high court, without comment Tues
Jan. 19
TEXAS:
Cardinal: Pope Francis is closely tracking death penalty case in Texas
Vienna's cardinal says he is in touch with a man condemned to die in Texas, and
that Pope Francis is following the case, too.
Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn said Monday that he has been in close tou
Jan. 18
TEXAS:
San Antonio man gets death sentence for slaying of deputy
A man convicted of fatally shooting a Central Texas sheriff's deputy as both
were stopped at a San Antonio traffic light more than 4 years ago has been
sentenced to death.
The San Antonio Express-News (http://bi
Jan. 17
TEXAS:
An appeal of the death penalty by a man convicted of murdering 2 people in
Texas and accused of murdering a State Line woman during a crime spree nearly a
decade ago was rejected by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Jan. 13.
The court declined to rule on the merits of
Jan. 16
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Prepares to Execute Richard Masterson While Autopsy Data Suggests Death
Was Not Murder At All
As Texas readies itself to execute Richard Masterson, his lawyers have filed
new pleadings questioning whether any murder occurred at all and are se
Jan. 15
TEXASnew death sentence
Cop Killer Gonzales Sentenced to Death
More than 4 years after he murdered Bexar County Sheriff's Sergeant Kenneth
Vann as the lawman sat in his patrol car at a red light in Southeast San
Antonio, Mark Anthony Gonzales, 45, was formally sentenced to
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 Tex
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, wh
Jan. 13
TEXASnew execution dates
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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 be
January 1
TEXAS:
Texas' top criminal court halted far more executions in 2015
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted an unprecedented number of
execution stays in 2015, the 1st year on the court for 3 judges elected in
2014.
"There's absolutely been a change, and we're still s
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 pun
Dec. 14
TEXAS:
Holberg capital case still causing headaches
Randall County Criminal District Attorney James Farren has had it up to here
with capital criminal cases.
He points to a particular case that has given him fits to the point that he has
declared that only under certain circu
Dec. 7
TEXAS:
Hearing the voices of those bearing the brunt
MORE THAN 60 people gathered for the Campaign to End the Death Penalty's (CEDP)
annual convention, held in Austin, Texas, in mid-November.
The CEDP was formed 20 years ago to challenge the most barbaric aspect of the
U.S. cr
Dec. 3
TEXAS:
The Death Penalty in Texas and a Conflict of Interest
Robert L. Roberson III was convicted in 2003, in Anderson County, Texas, of
murdering his 2-year-old daughter. In determining his punishment, the
difference between a death sentence and one of life in prison hinged on
Dec. 2
TEXAS:
A Matter of Conviction Anthony Graves, Houston Forensic Science Center Board
MemberExonerated from death row and working for justice, Anthony Graves
doesn't have a moment to waste.
Anthony Graves is doing remarkably well for a former resident of death row.
"I'm a ro
Dec. 1
TEXAS:
2 Texas death row inmates say their lawyers are failing them
In the hours before Raphael Holiday was put to death by lethal injection
earlier this month, he made a final appeal to the Supreme Court. The convicted
Texas murderer argued that his 2 court-appointed lawyers ha
Dec. 1
TEXAS:
In retrial, man again sentenced to death for killing wife
After hearing 9 days of testimony, it took a Houston jury just 15 minutes to
again sentence William "Billy the Kid" Mason to death, prosecutors said Monday.
Mason was convicted of capital murder in 1992 in the de
Nov. 25
TEXAS:
Texas court gags news coverage of mass murders
The district court in this East Texas town (Palestine) has approved a defense
attorney's gag order to restrict news coverage of the recent campsite murders
of six victims, including evidence and testimony presented in pretri
Nov. 21
TEXAS:
Prosecutor will seek death penalty in Texas campsite mass murders
Anderson County District Attorney Allyson Mitchell said she will seek the death
penalty against the man accused of killing 6 members of 2 families at a
campsite near this East Texas town.
Mitchell announce
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. 19
TEXAS:
Texas 'Out of Step' With Other US States on Ending Death Penalty
Texas is not following the practice of other US states to eliminate using
capital punishment, advocacy group Equal Justice USA Executive Director Shari
Silberstein told Sputnik.
"The 6 states, including
Nov. 18
TEXASexecution
Texas man executed for setting fire that killed 3 children
A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday for setting a fire that killed his
18-month-old daughter and her 2 young half-sisters at an East Texas home 15
years ago.
Raphael Holiday, 36, became the 13th co
Nov. 18
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Set To Execute Man Who Says His Lawyers Have "Abandoned" HimRaphael
Holiday is set to be executed Wednesday for burning 3 children to death in
2000. Holiday has asked the Supreme Court to stop his execution, claiming his
court-appointed law
Nov. 17
TEXASimpending executuion
Condemned man's lawyers stop helping, cite 'false hope'
From his cell on death row, Raphael Holiday drafted letter after desperate
letter to lawyers who represent the condemned. He begged for their help to
plead for mercy from Gov. Greg Abbott, to
Mov. 15
TEXAS:
Human, monetary cost-cutting
There is little common ground between those who are pro-death penalty, and the
abolitionists. If we assume, however, that only guilty people should be
punished and that taxpayers want to save money, the system can be improved.
Cost is alway
Nov. 13
TEXAS:
Appeals court refuses to stop execution set for next week
A federal appeals court has refused to stop next week's scheduled execution of
an East Texas man condemned for setting a fire that killed his young daughter
and her 2 half-sisters at their home 15 years ago.
Th
Nov. 13
TEXAS:
Some changes would improve the death penalty process
There is little common ground between those who favor the death penalty and
those who want to abolish it.
Still, if we assume that only guilty people should be punished and that
taxpayers want to save money, the syst
Nov. 12
TEXAS:
Woman gave birth before being charged in connection with son's death
A 21-year-old mother went into labor Tuesday before she could be charged with
capital murder in connection with the death of her 10-month-old child.
Fabiola Lopez was more than 9 months pregnant when
Nov. 11
TEXAS:
Waxahachie Representative John Wray: A True Texas Hero
If ever there was a story that needed a hero, it is the Lake Waco Triple
Murder.
Jan Thompson, aunt of Lake Murder victim, Jill Montgommery, in her quest for
the simple truth via DNA, has gone to many people for he
Nov. 10
TEXAS:
Condemned Killer of Houston Girl, 2, Loses Court Appeal
A federal appeals court has refused an appeal from a 56-year-old Houston man on
Texas death row for the rape and fatal beating of his girlfriend's 2-year-old
daughter 15 years ago.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of App
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 whe
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 capital
Nov. 4
TEXAS:
Court upholds death penalty for man's killing of 2 sons
Texas' highest criminal court has upheld the death sentence of a Dallas man
convicted of drowning his 2 young sons in a creek 4 years ago because he was
angry with their mother for breaking up with him.
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