Oct. 11
TEXAS:
The fight to save Rodney Reed from execution in Texas
In 1998, Rodney Reed, who is African-American, was sentenced to death by an
all-white jury in Bastrop, Texas, for the rape and murder of Stacey Stites, a
19-year-old white woman. He's scheduled to be executed on
Oct. 10
TEXAS:
With a wide variety of headlines dominating both global and domestic news, it
is easy to overlook that today is World Day to Abolish the Death Penalty.
It is clear that since the early 1980s, the majority of the world's nations
have become better educated about the
Oct. 5
TEXASstay of 2 impending executions
Texas Courts Halt 2 Imminent Executions
Texas state courts have halted the executions of 2 condemned prisoners who had
been facing imminent execution dates. On October 4, 2019, the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals stayed the October 10
Oct. 2
TEXAS:
UT Amnesty International chaper holds rally for death row inmate Rodney Reed
The UT Amnesty International chapter held a protest Tuesday at West Mall in
support of Rodney Reed, who was convicted of murder in 1998 and has been on
death row in Texas for 23 years.
Amnesty
Sept. 27
TEXAS:
Texas Recently Murdered a Man for a Crime Experts Say He Did Not
CommitLarry Swearingen was put to death for a murder and a rape that the
science says he did not do.
His last words were those of Jesus Christ.
Pious Catholic barbarians say things like, “Oh
Sept. 22
TEXAS:
Rodney Reed's family holds rally, asks for re-trialTexas convicted prisoner
Rodney Reed's execution date is two months away, but his family continues to
protest, hoping to stop the execution scheduled for November.
Rodney Reed's family held a rally in Bastrop
Sept. 8
TEXAS:
County may renew membership in death penalty defender program
The Hunt County Commissioners Court is scheduled this week to renew the
county’s membership in a program which helps pay for defense attorneys in death
penalty capital murder cases.
A vote to approve the
Sept. 7
TEXASimpending executions
Convicted killer of 2 set for execution
Fort Worth attorney Greg Westfall labeled Mark Anthony Soliz the “poster child
for how stupid the death penalty is.” Former Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford
called Soliz one of the most dangerous men he
August 23
TEXASnew execution date
Patrick Murphy has been given an execution date of November 13; the date should
be considered serious.
(sources: TDCJ & Rick Halperin)
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August 21
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Inmate Larry Swearingen To Be Executed Wednesday For Rape, Murder Of
College Student Melissa Trotter
A Texas death row inmate is set to be executed Wednesday for the abduction,
rape and murder of a Houston area college student more than
August 20
TEXASimpending execution
Death row inmate Larry Swearingen denied clemency before Wednesday execution
Montgomery County’s only death row prisoner lost a long-shot bid for clemency
Monday, just over 48 hours before he is scheduled for execution.
For convicted killer
August 18
TEXASimpending execution
Texas death row inmate maintains innocence as latest execution date looms
"On December 8, 1998, Swearingen kidnapped and strangled a 19-year-old white
female."
This short statement is what you'll find under Larry Swearingen's death row
record
August 16
TEXAS:
Texas to seek death penalty for MMA fighter accused of double homicide
Cedric Marks was indicted on 2 counts of capital murder earlier this year. He
has plead not guilty to those charges.
According to USA Today prosecutors in Bell County, TX are planning to seek
August 14
TEXAS:
Prosecutors seek death penalty against man accused in murder of Temple friends
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man accused in the brutal murder
of 2 Temple friends in January, KXAN’s sister station KWKT confirmed Tuesday.
Cedric Marks, 45, faces 2
August 13
TEXAS:
DA to seek death penalty for Cedric Marks
The Bell County District Attorney’s office will seek the death penalty for
Cedric Marks if he is convicted.
"We have filed with the district clerk our notice that we will seek the death
penalty in the Cedric Marks case, in
August 10
TEXAS:
County Commissioner Proposes Moratorium on Capital Prosecutions in Dallas,
Texas
A Dallas, Texas, county commissioner has called for a two-year halt on
death-penalty trials, saying it would give the county time to study the
financial and ethical costs of capital
July 25
TEXAS:
Prosecutors to seek death penalty against accused serial killer of elderly
peopleBilly Chemirmir is linked to the deaths of 19 people, according to
criminal court records and civil lawsuits.
Dallas County prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for a
July 24
TEXASdeath row inmate, foreign national, dies
Mexican national on Texas death row dies of cardiac arrest
After more than 2 decades on Texas death row, a Mexican national convicted of
killing 3 teens in El Paso died in bed early Sunday of cardiac arrest, a prison
July 6
TEXAS:
Mexican man charged in crash that left 6 dead
A 23-year-old Mexican man has been arrested and charged with smuggling migrants
in a run that ended death for 6 migrants.
A statement Friday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Corpus Christi says Ivan
Dario Puga-Moreno
July 2
TEXAS:
Death row inmate Rodney Reed’s family goes to Supreme Court after Texas appeal
denied
Anti-death penalty activists will join family and friends of Texas death row
inmate Rodney Reed in protest on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in
Washington, D.C. Tuesday after
June 11
TEXAS:
Complaint Alleges that Prosecutor in Alfred Dewayne Brown’s Case Knowingly Hid
Evidence of Innocence
A special prosecutor in Harris County, Texas, has filed a complaint with the
Texas State Bar Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel against former Assistant
District
April 19
TEXAS:
Rare estate sale find shows how capital punishment was once carried out in
Harris County
A striking piece of Houston history sold earlier this week on eBay, a reminder
of how criminal justice was once meted out in Harris County.
The medal, about the size of a
January 30
TEXASimpending execution
30 years after killing a Houston police officer, Robert Jennings is set for
executionJennings is expected to be put to death on Wednesday for the 1988
murder of Elston Howard. His sentence has been complicated by constantly
evolving death
December 14
TEXAS:
DA will seek death penalty in murder of 20-month-old Central Texas girl
Milam County prosecutors will seek the death penalty in the trial of a man
indicted Thursday for capital murder in the death of a 20-month-old Rockdale
girl.
Shawn Vincent Boniello, who’s
December 4
TEXASimpending execution
'Texas 7' Member Set To Die Under Controversial Law
A San Antonio man is set to die by lethal injection on Tuesday for a murder he
didn’t actually commit. As part of the notorious “Texas 7” escape, Joseph
Garcia was convicted and sentenced to
December 1
TEXASimpending execution
Clemency denied for 'Texas 7' prisoner scheduled for execution
A day after suing the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Texas death row prisoner
Joseph Garcia lost his long-shot bid for clemency when the 7-member board
denied him a favorable
Nov. 30
TEXASimpending executionDeath row inmate sues Texas parole board for
having too many ex-law enforcement members
A 'Texas 7' escapee scheduled for execution filed a lawsuit this week alleging
that there are too many men and too many former law enforcement officials on
Nov. 22
TEXAS:
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rules against death row inmate Jeff Wood
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has rejected a bid by death row inmate Jeff
Wood to reconsider his death sentence, granting the state the opportunity to
set another execution date for Wood,
November 9
TEXAS:
Texas AG fights Harris County prosecutors to keep Bobby Moore on death row
Prosecutors and defense lawyers agree that Bobby Moore is too
intellectually disabled to execute - but the state of Texas wants him put to
death anyway.
A day after Harris County
October 30
TEXAS:
Jurors deciding fate of hitman who killed Uptown dentist shown his 'Life or
Death,' '1 Man Army' tattoos
The pediatric dentist who was gunned down in 2015 in the parking garage of her
Uptown apartment loved children, built houses for people in need and served on
October 27
TEXASimpending execution
Human Rights Watch Letter in Support of Clemency for Roberto Ramos Moreno
Governor Greg Abbott
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711-2428
David G. Gutierrez, Presiding Officer
Executive Clemency Section
Texas Board of
August 30
TEXASstay of impending execution
Stay of Execution
A senior federal judge granted a stay of execution for a man condemned to death
for killing an elderly woman during a burglary 2 decades ago.
Ruben Gutierrez, 41, had been scheduled to die on Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. for
August 21
TEXAS:
Death row is not for mistakes
A "mistake."
This is how murder ("the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with
malice aforethought") is defined in a recent column titled "U.S. Should Follow
Pope's Leadership on the Death Penalty" by Anna Arceneaux, a
July 29
TEXASinmate seeks to drop appeals and speed executuion
Travis Mullis, On Death Row For Stomping Infant To Death, Files Request To
Fast-Track His ExecutionMullis has waived all his appeals and fired his
attorneys.
Travis Mullis, a 31-year-old Texas man who stomped his
July 26
TEXASdeath row inmate seeks to drop appeals
Texas court seeks to clear up whether inmate in CO's slaying wants to dieAn
appeals court asked a trial court to determine whether an inmate sentenced to
die for a CO's death really is volunteering for execution
The Texas
July 20
TEXAS:
In Houston death penalty cases, many judges carry a 'rubber stamp,' lawyers
find
Harris County judges routinely "rubber stamp' the prosecution's proposed
version of events at a key point of death penalty appeals, pushing condemned
prisoners closer to execution with
July 17
TEXASnew execution date
'Very psychotic' Fort Worth killer who murdered bus rider gets November death
date
A Fort Worth killer once deemed too insane to execute now has a date with
death.
Emanuel Kemp of Tarrant County is slated for execution on Nov. 7 in the
July 12
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Faith in ExecutionsReligious beliefs barred a potential juror
from Christopher Young's trial. Did that cause his sentencing?
Possible religious discrimination might grant a Texas death row inmate another
trial. Christopher Young
June 20
TEXASimpending execution
Texas assures court it can carry out aging death row inmate's execution
The Lone Star State is confident it can kill Danny Bible.
Earlier this month, the aging Houston serial killer filed a last-minute lawsuit
arguing that his veins are so bad and
June 16
TEXAS:
Lubbock judge denies pre-trial motion to remove death penalty for James Holland
case
A Lubbock judge has denied a pre-trial motion to remove the death penalty in
the case of James Holland.
Holland is accused of the murder of his stepdaughter, 18-year-old Holly
June 14
TEXAS:
Death Watch: Intellectually Disabled or Mentally Ill?3 cases raise the
question
The Court of Criminal Appeals granted its first stay of execution of the year,
and now Smith County man Clifton Williams will face a new hearing instead of
lethal injection, which was
June 8
JUNE 8, 2018:
TEXAS:
The Legacy Of James Byrd, Jr. 20 Year After His Lynching20 years later,
Houston Matters discusses the hate crimes legislation Byrd's vicious murder
inspired.
20 years ago today, on June 7, 1998 in Jasper, Texas, about 130 miles northeast
of
June 1
TEXAS:
3rd East Texas inmate gets 2018 execution date
An East Texas man has been given an execution date for 2018.
After the United States Supreme Court denied his appeal, an East Texas judge
signed off on an execution date for Daniel Acker, 46, of Sulphur Springs. Acker
is
April 3
TEXASfemale to face death penalty
Jury trial set for capital-murder defendant
A jury trial has been scheduled for Jan. 28 for the woman accused of shooting
to death her 2 young daughters, Henderson County District Attorney Mark Hall
said.
Just over 3 months ago, Sarah
March 28
TEXASexecution
Lubbock group protests death penalty on night of Rodriguez's execution
"God of compassion," read the vigil program. "You let rain fall on the just and
the unjust. Expand and deepen our hearts so that we may love as you love, even
those among us who have
March 20
TEXAS2 new execution dates
Clifton Williams has been given an execution date for June 21, and Danny Bible
has been given an execution date for June 27both should be considered
serious.
**
An execution date has been set for a 66-year-old man
Feb. 23
TEXAS:
Governor Abbott commutes death sentence of Thomas Bartlett Whitaker
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Thursday that he has commuted the death
sentence of Thomas Bartlett Whitaker.
Whitaker was set to be executed Thursday night for the 2003 murders of his
mother and
Feb. 22
TEXAS:
Man who plotted his family's murder will not be executed, governor says
The governor of Texas decided today to spare the life of a convicted killer who
carried out a plot to kill his parents and his brother.
About 40 minutes before the scheduled execution, Texas Gov.
Feb. 22
TEXAS:
Jury selection put on hold in death penalty trial
Jury selection in the trial seeking the death penalty against 1 of 2 men
accused of gunning down U.S. Border Patrol Agent Javier Vega has been postponed
until March 26.
Gustavo Tijerina-Sandoval is 1 of 2 men accused
Feb. 11
TEXAS:
Willacy to seek ultimate penalty
Nearly 1 century has passed since a person convicted and sentenced to death in
Willacy County has been executed by the state of Texas.
This week, 1 of 2 men accused of shooting and killing an off-duty Border Patrol
agent and injuring
Feb. 3
TEXASimpending execution
He's Fighting to Save His Family's Killer. The Killer: His Own Son
Bart Whitaker set to be executed Feb. 22 for killing his mom and brother, but
dad isn't giving up on him
"My wife and son were murdered by a masked gunman, and my other son and I
Jan. 19
TEXASnew execution date
Fort Worth man convicted in birthday party slaying gets execution date
A Fort Worth man convicted of killing a rival gang member's mother and a
5-year-old girl at a children's birthday party 10 years ago has been given an
execution date.
Erick
Jan. 18
TEXASimpending execution
"Tourniquet Killer' set to be executed in Texas
A Houston-area sex offender who was convicted of killing a young woman and
confessed to 3 more strangling deaths is set for lethal injection in Texas
Thursday in what would be the 1st U.S. execution
Jan. 5
JANUARY 5, 2018:
TEXAS:
Breanna Wood murder suspect to face death penalty
The primary suspect in the Breanna Wood murder case will face the death penalty
according to prosecutors.
Joseph Tejeda appeared in Nueces County Court Thursday, and learned prosecutors
will seek
January 1, 2018
TEXAS:
Report: Bexar County juries don't like the death penalty
Juries are becoming more and more reluctant to hand out death sentences
throughout Texas, but especially in Bexar County, according to a new report by
the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
Dec. 16
TEXAS:
Why Texas' 'death penalty capital of the world' stopped executing people
Since the Supreme Court legalized capital punishment in 1976, Harris County,
Texas, has executed 126 people. That's more executions than every individual
state in the union, barring Texas itself.
Dec. 12
TEXAS:
Salvadoran man on Texas death row loses Supreme Court appeal
The U.S. Supreme has refused to review an appeal from a 48-year-old Salvadoran
man on Texas death row for the slayings of 2 Houston store clerks during an
attempted robbery more than 17 years ago.
The high
Nov. 23
TEXAS:
Professor explains why Texas executes so many prisoners
If Harris County were its own state, it would have a more active death chamber
than the entire rest of the country - except for the rest of Texas.
Of the 1,465 U.S. executions in the modern death penalty era,
Nov. 17
TEXAS:
Flawed evidence is why the death penalty must go
After leading the nation for decades in recommending death sentences, juries in
Dallas County and Harris County have apparently cooled to the idea. In Dallas,
prosecutors have asked juries to condemn a murderer to death
Nov. 16
TEXASnew death sentences
Tracy gets death penalty for murder of Telford officer
A Bowie County jury deliberated just over an hour Wednesday morning before
sentencing Texas prison inmate Billy Joel Tracy to death.
Tracy, 39, will face the ultimate punishment in the July
Nov. 15
TEXAS:
Science has taught us juries rely on flawed evidence for convictions; that's
why the death penalty must go
After leading the nation for decades in recommending death sentences, juries in
Dallas County and Harris County have apparently cooled to the idea. In Dallas,
Nov. 14
TEXAS:
Cardenas Execution Raising Questions About Treatment of Mexican Nationals In
U.S. Prisons
The Cardenas execution in Huntsville is raising questions about the treatment
of Mexican Nationals in American prisons. News Center 23 had a chance to speak
to the Mexican
Nov. 3
TEXAS:
Lawyers agree to DNA testing in Swearingen's death row case
After years of courtroom wrangling, lawyers from both sides are finally
agreeing to move forward with DNA testing in the 1998 rape and murder of
Montgomery College student Melissa Trotter.
The agreement,
Nov. 1
TEXAS:
Brazos County jury hearing testimony today in 2015 Anderson County slayings
Brazos County jurors will hear testimony today as trial gets underway for a
Tennessee Colony man facing the death penalty for allegedly killing 6 people at
an Anderson County campsite in
Oct. 13
TEXASimpending executions
Man convicted in Texas prison guard's death to be executed
A Texas death row inmate who sued unsuccessfully to try to halt his execution,
arguing that more DNA testing needed to be done, is now trying to convince the
U.S. Supreme Court to stop
Oct. 5
TEXAS:
Irving killer who shot his baby girl, 3-year-old son wins death row reprieve
An Irving father sentenced to death for the revenge killing of his children
after their mother left him has been granted a new punishment trial.
Hector Rolando Medina, 38, shot 3-year-old
Sept. 30
TEXAS:
Texas Set to Execute Man Despite DNA Evidence Excluding him from Murder
A Texas man on death row is scheduled to be executed on November 16, even
though DNA evidence excludes him from a 1998 murder for which he was convicted.
In 2000, Larry Swearingen was sentenced
August 22
TEXASstay of impending execution
Court halts execution of convicted child killer who claims intellectual
disability
A man convicted in the sexual assault and murder of an 11-year-old girl was set
to die next Wednesday. But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stopped
August 19
TEXAS:
As lethal injection lawsuit continues, Texas replenishes execution drug
supplies
Even with a lawsuit over lethal injection drugs winding its way through court,
Texas has managed to replenish its supply.
The last doses of the state's execution drugs,
August 13
TEXASnew execution date
Judge sets death date for Montgomery County killer
Death row inmate Larry Swearingen, a Willis man who raped a 19-year-old coed
before strangling her with panty hose nearly 2 decades ago, is now set to die
on Nov. 16.
After 7 thwarted
July 30
TEXAS:
Book details history of hangings in Texas -- Brazos County included
Before lethal injections and electric chairs, the preferred method of
death-penalty execution in Texas was hanging, conducted by local sheriffs at
their county jails, not at prison facilities.
Such
July 29
TEXAS:
Death Row Sentencing In Texas Has Significantly DecreasedTexas carried out
its 5th execution of the year Thursday night, but overall executions are
dwindling, and that trend is likely to continue.
Last year, Texas executed 7 inmates on death row.
That was the
July 28
TEXASexecution
S.A. man executed after Supreme Court rejects bid for stay
A San Antonio man was executed Thursday night for killing a woman in 2004 after
a last-minute request for a stay to the Supreme Court was rejected.
TaiChin Preyor, 46, had been on death row for
July 26
TEXAS:
Death row inmate Scott Panetti to get further competency review
Scott Panetti, 59, remains on death row in Huntsville, convicted of killing a
Fredericksburg couple in 1992.
"It's still so fresh in my mind, " said Rowena Alvarado. Alvarado's parents,
Joe and Amanda
July 20
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Represented by WikipediaTaiChin Preyor did not get the legal
expertise he deserved
The exact details of the crime that delivered Taichin Preyor to death row
remain unclear and continue to be investigated by his current team of
July 12
TEXAS:
Death row inmate who shot in-laws in Fredericksburg granted evaluation
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sided with a Texas death row
inmate, ordering on Tuesday that Scott Panetti's case be returned to a federal
district court in Kerr County with
June 29
TEXAS:
Surviving bad lawyers just got tougher for death row inmates
For inmates on death row, having a bad lawyer just got deadlier.
In a ruling Monday against a Texas death row inmate who claimed his lawyer
failed to argue his case adequately, the Supreme Court ruled that
June 10
TEXAS:
Death penalty sought for alleged hitman accused of killing Uptown dentist
The Dallas County district attorney's office is seeking the death penalty
against the man accused of shooting a dentist in a murder-for-hire plot.
Authorities say a love triangle may have led
May 19
TEXAS:
Court lifts reprieve for Nicaraguan man on Texas death row
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday lifted a reprieve it gave a
Nicaraguan man a day before he was to be executed 2 years ago for killing a
Houston high school teacher during a 1997 robbery.
The
May 13
TEXASstay of impending execution
Fort Worth death row inmate gets second stay of execution this year
An appeals court has postponed a 2nd execution date for a death row inmate from
Fort Worth who was scheduled to die next week.
In an order issued Friday, the Texas Court
April 19
TEXAS:
Condemned inmate avoids execution with life sentence for Houston crime spree
A North Carolina man who spent years on Texas' death row awaiting execution was
sentenced Monday to 4 consecutive life sentences, a plea bargain that Harris
County prosecutors hope will keep
Feb. 18
TEXAS:
Faith leaders support death-row inmate's religious discrimination claim
More than 500 faith leaders across the country have endorsed a statement
calling for a new trial for a Texas death row inmate claiming religious
discrimination in the selection of his jury.
Feb. 10
TEXASnew execution date
New death date for inmate spared from execution this week
A Texas death row inmate whose execution date scheduled for this week was
halted because of a legal technicality has received a new execution date.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Feb. 7
TEXAS:
Death penalty trial starts Monday
The death penalty trial of Michael Dwayne Bowman, 33, is set to begin in a
Troup County Superior courtroom Monday morning.
Bowman is accused of shooting and killing Griffin Police Officer Kevin Jordan,
43, while he was working an
Feb . 2
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: "An Intentional Smothering"Tilon Carter says he never meant to
kill James Tomlin
Tilon Carter faces execution on Tuesday, Feb. 7, after 10 years on death row.
The 37-year-old was convicted of capital murder in a Tarrant County
Feb. 1
TEXASstay of impending execution
Execution halted for man convicted in Corpus Christi stabbing death2 days
before death row inmate John Ramirez was scheduled to be executed, a federal
district court in Corpus Christi halted the execution.
A federal district court in
Jan. 27
TEXAS:
Texas prisoner dies of lethal injection after last-minute appeal fails The
US supreme court rejects a plea from Terry Edwards' attorneys for stay of
execution and reinvestigation of 'flawed' murder conviction
There was no clear gunshot residue from the murder
Jan. 6
TEXAS:
Officials: Austin might be without local DNA lab for at least 2 years
The Austin Police Department's troubled DNA lab could easily be closed until
summer 2018 by the time city and county officials implement a new way to
analyze locally DNA evidence collected from Austin
Jan. 5
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Conflicts of InterestWhen your attorney goes to work for the
D.A.
The state's death chamber fires up again after a year in which the total number
of state-sanctioned killings (7) was the fewest since 1996, when former Gov.
George
Nov. 27
TEXAS:
Death penalty, the mentally disabled at issue for justices
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to examine whether the nation's busiest state for
capital punishment is trying to put to death a convicted killer who's
intellectually disabled, which would make him ineligible
Nov. 3
TEXAS:
Death Row Inmate Sues Texas for DNA Tests
With help from The Innocence Project, death row inmate Larry Ray Swearingen
claims that DNA tests could prove his innocence of a 1998 murder, but the Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals has unconstitutionally denied him the
Oct. 24
TEXAS:
She watched her husband get sentenced to death. Now she's becoming a lawyer to
save him and others.
When her boyfriend Juan Balderas was sentenced to death in March 2014, Yancy
Escobar Balderas couldn't understand what was happening. She sobbed
uncontrollably as the
Oct. 21
TEXAS:
New hearing set in death penalty capital murder appeal
Another hearing has been scheduled concerning an appeal of the capital murder
conviction of Micah Crofford Brown.
Brown remains in custody at the Hunt County Detention Center after being
transferred from state
Oct. 13
TEXAS:
Texas death row inmate Danny Bible loses at US Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused an appeal from Texas death row inmate
Danny Paul Bible, who was convicted of the 1979 icepick slaying of a woman who
went to his house in Houston to use a telephone
Oct. 11
TEXAS:
Texas will see lowest number of executions in 20 years
For the 1st time in 20 years, the number of Texas executions will fall out of
double digits this year.
The 7 men put to death this year are the fewest since 1996, when executions
halted amid legal challenges to a
Sept. 29
TEXAS:
Man accused of tossing wife off bridge will face death penalty trial
Tarrant County prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the man accused
of kidnapping his wife and killing her by throwing her body from the Lake Worth
bridge in April.
Rodolfo Montes "Rudy"
Sept. 1
TEXAS:
Texas hasn't executed anyone in 148 days. That's a new record.
It's been 148 days since Texas executed someone - a remarkable lull in the use
of the death penalty for a state that has killed far more people than any
other.
In the nearly 5 months since Pablo Vasquez
Aug. 18
TEXASimpending execution
Texas death sentence for accessory challenged by defense lawyer
Texas is planning to execute a man next week for a murder he did not commit.
If the sentence were to be carried out, it would mark the 1st time in the
United States that an accessory
July 28
TEXAS:
High court rejects state appeal in capital murder bond
The state's highest criminal court rejected an appeal Wednesday by McLennan
County District Attorney Abel Reyna that challenged an intermediate appellate
court's order reducing the bond of a capital murder
July 20
TEXAS:
Judge denies request to speak to doctor in Petetan death penalty case
A judge denied a request by death row inmate Carnell Petetan Jr. to speak to a
state expert Tuesday after McLennan County prosecutors charged his attorneys
were on a "fishing expedition" and assured
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