Oct. 13
TEXAS:
Gov. Abbott, delay this execution
Gov. Greg Abbott, A man’s life now lies in your hands. Spare him.
On Nov. 20, Rodney Reed is to be executed by the state of Texas for a crime we
can no longer be confident he committed. Twenty one years ago, he was convicted
in the
Oct. 8
TEXAS:
Jury deliberates penalty for man convicted of killing 3 people at car wash in
2013
The crime
On Sept. 29, 2013, 3 men were murdered at the Royal Wash Mobile Detailing and
Car Wash Service at 393 Ave E in Stafford. The manager, Harvey Simmons, 34; his
uncle, Johnny
Sept. 25
TEXASimpending execution
Texas set to execute Robert Sparks after brutal deaths of his stepsons,
wifeSparks was convicted in the 2007 stabbing deaths of his family members
in his Dallas home. His lawyers have sought to stop his execution with
arguments of
Sept. 24
TEXASimpending execution
North Texas man set to be executed for killing family
A 45-year-old North Texas man who was convicted of murdering his wife and 2
stepsons before raping his stepdaughter is set to be put to death.
Robert Sparks, 45, is scheduled to be
Sept. 21
TEXAS:
Once his defense, Greco’s sexuality used against him as prosecutors push for
death penalty
When Daniel Greco was first questioned 3 years ago for the murder of Anjanette
Harris and her unborn child, Greco told investigators that he accidentally
killed Harris
Sept. 17
TEXASimpending executions
Stephen Dale Barbee's exertion is scheduled to begin at 6 pm CDT, on Wednesday,
October 2, 2019, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in
Huntsville, Texas. 52-year-old Stephen is convicted of the murder of
34-year-old Lisa
Sept. 14
TEXAS:
Death penalty waived in Royse City capital murder caseThe office of Hunt
County District Attorney Noble D. Walker Jr. has waived the death penalty in
connection with a capital murder case out of Royse City.
2 men will not be sentenced to death by lethal
Sept. 13
TEXAS:
El Paso shooting: Prosecutor plans to pursue death penalty after capital murder
indictment
The man accused of opening fire in an El Paso, Texas, Walmart, killing 22
people and wounding several others, has been indicted on a capital murder
charge, the El Paso County
Sept. 12
TEXAS:
Family and nun fight for retrial as man convicted by all-white jury faces death
Supporters of Rodney Reed, scheduled for execution in November, point to
racial bias and questionable evidence
“He never had a chance.” That’s what Sandra Reed said at the start of a
Sept. 11
TEXASexecution
Texas Inmate Mark Soliz Executed for 2010 Killing“I want to apologize for
the grief and the pain that I caused y’all,” he said before receiving a lethal
injection.
A Texas death-row inmate convicted of murdering a 61-year-old woman during a
robbery
Sept. 9
TEXAS:
Forensic testing backlog at issue in RGV courts
Gabriel Keith Escalante has been incarcerated in Hidalgo County for 18 months.
His chances of making the $1.25 million bond on charges of capital murder of
multiple persons are slim to none.
And as he sits behind bars,
August 22
TEXAS:execution
Texas death row inmate Larry Ray Swearingen maintains innocence until his
execution
A Texas death row inmate continued to maintain his innocence up until he was
executed Wednesday.
Larry Ray Swearingen was executed at 6:47 p.m. for the death of
August 9
TEXASnew execution date
Local death row inmate set with execution date
District Attorney Randall Sims came forward with an official execution date for
the ongoing death penalty case for Travis Runnels.
Runnels has been on death row for 13 years for the murder of a prison
July 30
TEXAS:
DA's Office Seeking Death Penalty Against Alleged North Side Murderer
The man who is charged with shooting and burning 2 men in Northern San Angelo
may get the death penalty.
In the early morning of March 20 police responded to 4800 block of North
Chadbourne
July 17
TEXAS:
Execution Alert -- Call to Action for Larry Swearingen
Larry Swearingen is scheduled to be murdered by the State of Texas on August
21st, 2019. Larry Swearingen was sentenced to death although no biological
material recovered from the scene contained any conclusive
July 16
TEXAS:
State files a motion to set Rodney Reed’s execution for November
The state has filed a motion to schedule an execution date for death-row inmate
Rodney Reed, calling for him to be put to death on Nov. 20, 2019.
Reed’s attorney, Bryce Benjet, then filed a motion of
July 11
TEXAS:
San Antonio man facing death row in killing of 2 teens in 2015 takes plea
A San Antonio man facing death in the killings of two teenagers in 2015 entered
a guilty plea Wednesday and was sentenced to life in prison without the
possibility of parole.
It was about
May 14
TEXAS:
The DissenterTexas’ highest criminal court turned Elsa Alcala into one of
the state’s most prominent death penalty critics.
Elsa Alcala began her legal career in the Harris County DA’s office, joining a
prosecutorial machine famous for cranking out death
May 12
TEXAS:
Shooting suspect's girlfriend arrested in slaying of El Paso County Deputy
Peter Herrera
The girlfriend of the man charged in the shooting death of El Paso County
sheriff's Deputy Peter Herrera also has been arrested and charged in his
slaying, officials announced
April 29
TEXAS:
Buddhist Inmate Ready To Die As Court Considers Limits Of Religious Freedom In
Texas
When the state of Texas tried to execute Patrick Murphy on March 28, the U.S.
Supreme Court stepped in. The high court ruled that the execution was
unconstitutional. But it wasn't
April 27
TEXASMichigan female may face death penalty
Muskegon woman could face death penalty if convicted of 2 Texas murders
A Muskegon woman faces the death penalty if convicted of 2 murders in Texas for
which her boyfriend, a mixed-martial arts fighter, also is charged.
Maya
April 21
TEXAS:
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Abbott#scheduled execution date-nameTx. #
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April 18
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: King Set to Die for James Byrd LynchingLast-minute appeal
seeks new trial as King maintains his innocence
Only 2 of 2019's 5 (so far) scheduled executions have taken place; the Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals granted Mark
April 15
TEXASimpending execution
Final Execution Set in James Byrd Jr.'s 1998 Murder Case
On a spring night 21 years ago, James Byrd Jr. was looking for a ride back to
his Jasper, Texas, home. The men who offered it to him viciously murdered Byrd
in a crime that shocked the
March 29
TEXASstay of execution
Supreme Court halts execution of Texas inmate seeking to allow Buddhist
spiritual adviser in death chamber
The Supreme Court agreed Thursday night to halt the execution of a Texas
inmate, Patrick Henry Murphy, after he argued that the state was
March 21
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: “Texas 7” Member Contests “Law of Parties”A robbery ended in a
police officer death while Patrick Murphy waited outside. Current Texas law
holds him responsible.
If the state has its way, 57-year-old Patrick Murphy of "Texas
February 17
TEXAS:
Wilkins-Dember, champion of racial justice, dies at 89
Jean Wilkins-Dember, a fierce champion for racial justice and passionate Third
Ward community organizer, died last week at the age of 89.
Wilkins-Dember served a founding member of the National Black United
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
February 5
TEXAS:
Anthony Graves, Wrongfully Convicted Death Row Inmate, Gives Voice to Voiceless
Since August 23, 1992, Anthony Graves has been behind bars for the gruesome
murder of a family in Somerville, Texas. There was no clear motive, no physical
evidence connecting him to
January 8
TEXAS:
2020 trial in county death penalty case
A 19-year-old Houston man will stand trial in a brutal Texas County murder in
August 2020, it was decided during a conference call Friday.
Andrew J. Vrba is charged with 1st-degree murder, armed criminal action and
Dec. 15
TEXAS:
Texas sees uptick in executions, death sentences in 2018The state put to
death 13 men this year. That's more than half the total number of people
executed in the entire country: 25. Still, the death row population — both here
and nationwide — is at a historic low.
November 29
TEXASimpending execution
"Texas 7" Escapee Set for ExecutionInmate challenges original conviction,
post-escape “law of parties” verdict
Joseph Garcia is infamous for his role in the biggest prison escape in Texas
history. For that crime and a murder that followed,
November 24
TEXASimpending execution
'Texas 7' escapee fights death sentence as Dec. 4 execution nears
Joseph Garcia met George Rivas back in the summer of 1999, 8 months before they
started plotting their escape.
They were doing time together on the Connally Unit, counting
November 14
TEXASimpending execution
Texas to execute Mexican national on Wednesday, amid pleas for case review
Lawyers for convicted killer Robert Moreno Ramos have argued that he wasn’t
aware of his rights under an international treaty, and therefore didn't receive
proper
November 8
TEXAS:
Texas prosecutors, death row inmate agree in high court case | The Tribune
Harris County prosecutors have filed a motion with the U.S. Supreme Court
asking it to determine that a Texas appeals court was wrong to rule that a
death row inmate is not intellectually
November 1
TEXASnew death sentence
'You executed my daughter': Hit man condemned to die for killing Dallas dentist
A Dallas County jury on Wednesday condemned to death the hit man in a
murder-for-hire plot against an Uptown dentist — a scheme allegedly set in
motion by the
October 25
TEXASforeign national faces impending execution
Mexican national scheduled for execution in Texas despite claims of treaty
violations
A mentally ill Mexican national with claims of brain damage is set for
execution in November, more than 2 decades after he was
Oct. 18
TEXASnew execution date
Execution date set for local man who killed 3 over failing marriage
8 days after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected what could be his final appeal, a
Waco state district judge set an execution date Wednesday afternoon for a
Central Texas man who
October 14
TEXAS:
Final arguments set in death penalty appeal
Closing arguments are scheduled this week in the appeal of a death penalty
capital murder case from Hunt County.
Micah Crofford Brown was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death by
lethal injection in
October 10
TEXAS:
Judge recommends new trial for Texas death row inmate Rigoberto AvilaThe
state's highest criminal court will now weigh the recommendation.
An El Paso judge on Tuesday recommended a new trial for Rigoberto Avila, a
death-row inmate sentenced in the 2000 death
September 20
TEXASnew execution date and 2 impending executions
Death Watch: Double Dose2 executions in Huntsville next week
2 inmates face executions next week. Troy Clark is scheduled for lethal
injection on Wednesday, Sept. 26. Daniel Acker is due the following
September 11
TEXAS:
WTAMU to host a death penalty debate
WTAMU students will get the chance to witness a debate on a divisive topic.
The school's Department of Criminal Justice will be hosting a debate on the
death penalty on September 11 at 6:30 p.m.
The debate will host guest
August 19
TEXAS:
Young widow at center of Houston 'honor killings' speaks out to raise awareness
Nesreen Irsan finally had a night without nightmares.
The 30-year-old widow at the center of Houston's 2 "honor killings" 6 years ago
was able to sleep peacefully Tuesday night, the day
August 18
TEXAS:
State drops death penalty in McDonald case
After 3 years of holding a death sentence over Todric Deon McDonald's head,
prosecutors said Friday they will not seek the death penalty if McDonald is
convicted in a 2014 double murder.
Prosecutor Robert Moody told 19th
July 6
TEXAS:
San Antonio death penalty case ends in mistrial over attorney's health
A lawyer's injury prompted a judge here Thursday to declare a mistrial in what
would have been the 1st capital murder death case tried in San Antonio since
2015 when a man got death for killing a
June 23
TEXASimpending execution
Judge rejects Houston serial killer's claims he's too ill to be executed
Danny Bible is scheduled for execution Wednesday.
A federal judge this week rejected a Houston serial killer's argument that he
should get a stay because he's in such
June 15
TEXAS:
Ex-Doctor Charged In Rape, Murder Of Woman Who Died 30 Years Later
Prosecutors in Dallas say an ex-physician was charged in the death of a woman
left incapacitated after being sexually assaulted and strangled in 1988.
Dallas County jail records show 56-year-old
June 13
TEXAS:
Gustavo Tijerina-Sandoval formally sentenced to death for murder of Border
Patrol agent
Gustavo Tijerina-Sandoval appeared in court Tuesday for his formal sentencing,
almost a week after a Cameron County jury sentenced him to death for the murder
of Border Patrol
June 12
TEXAS:
Texas death row inmate convicted of killing boy, 9, loses appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to review the appeal of a Houston man on
death row for the 1992 slaying of a 9-year-old boy.
The justices offered no comment Monday in rejecting the case of Perry
June 5
TEXASfemale to face death penalty
DA to seek death penalty in Henderson case
Henderson County District Attorney Mark Hall intends to seek the death penalty
against Sarah Henderson, the woman charged with capital murder in the shootings
of her 2 young daughters.
May 25
TEXASnew execution date
Convicted killer from infamous "Texas 7" prison escape gets execution date
Joseph Garcia is scheduled for execution in August.
On December 13, 2000, 7 desperate inmates pulled off the biggest prison
break-out in Texas history.
They busted into the
May 24
TEXAS:
Texas man on death row for decapitating 3 kids loses appeal
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected an appeal Wednesday from a
37-year-old Rio Grande Valley man on death row for stabbing and beheading his
common-law wife's 3 children 15 years ago.
John Allen
May 22
MAY 22, 2018:
TEXASimpending execution
Urgent Action
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY CLAIM AS EXECUTION SET
Clifton Williams is due to be executed in Texas on 21 June for a murder
committed in 2005. The courts have rejected the claim that he has intellectual
disability. His
May 17
TEXASexecution-and 2 new execution dates
Texas executes "Lovers' Lane Killer," who has
maintained innocence since 2003 slaying
A Texas inmate who insisted he wasn't involved in a San Antonio "lovers' lane"
killing more than 14 years ago has been executed for the
May 15
TEXASimpending execution
San Antonio lovers' lane killer denied clemency, both appeals 2 days before
scheduled execution
Death row inmate Juan Castillo lost two appeals and was denied clemency on
Monday. Now, he's scheduled to die Wednesday in the Huntsville execution
April 26
TEXASexecution
Texas executes Erick Davila, who killed 2 people including a 5-year-old
girlErick Davila was executed Wednesday evening for a 2008 shooting at a
child's birthday party that left his rival gang member's mother and 5-year-old
daughter dead. His case was
April 25
TEXASimpending executions
Erick Davila's death penalty case made it in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Now, he's set for execution.Erick Davila is scheduled to die Wednesday
evening for a 2008 shooting at a child's birthday party that left his rival
gang member's
April 23
TEXAS:
Texas prison system stalls release of public information on
executionsEarlier this month, defense lawyers claimed Texas was botching
its executions with old drugs. Now, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
has stalled the release of information on how many
April 1
TEXAS:
Texas DA murdered after pursuing killer bent on targeting lawyers
The murder was no mystery.
It was a shock, sure. People don't gun down assistant district attorneys in
broad daylight. Not in 2013. Not one block from the county courthouse.
When people heard about
March 29
MARCH 29, 2018:
TEXAS:
Death penalty testimony paints violent portrait of officer's killer
The jury that will decide whether to give the death sentence to Shaun Puente
has heard days of testimony, before and during the punishment phase of his
capital murder trial,
March 3
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Gives Rosendo Rodriguez Execution Date of March 27, 2018
Rosendo Rodriguez III is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm CDT, on Tuesday,
March 27, 2018, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in
Huntsville, Texas. 37-year-old
Feb. 24
TEXAS:
Guilty: Kountze man faces death penalty at sentencing in child's deathThe
members of the jury found Jason Wade Delacerda, 40, of Kountze, guilty of
capital murder.
A week of heart-wrenching testimony came to a close Friday morning and a jury
of 9 women and 5 men
Feb. 16
TEXASimpending execution
Urgent Action
FATHER APPEALS FOR SON'S LIFE TO BE SPARED
Thomas Whitaker, aged 38, is due to be executed in Texas on 22 February. He was
convicted in 2007 of the murder of his mother and brother in a shooting in
which his father was badly wounded
Feb. 14
TEXASimpending execution
Texas father makes personal plea to spare condemned son's life
With his son's execution 9 days away, Kent Whitaker met Tuesday in Austin with
the chairman of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to personally request
mercy for the child
Feb. 13
TEXAS:
DA's office to mull death penalty in 2006 Donna murder
The Hidalgo County District Attorney's Office requested more time Monday to
decide whether they will again seek the death penalty against a man who won a
new punishment trial on appeal.
Douglas Armstrong was
Feb. 7
TEXAS:
New punishment trial begins for convicted murderer Stanley Griffin
Convicted murderer Stanley Lamar Griffin returned Tuesday to a Brazos County
courtroom where a second jury will hear punishment testimony to decide his fate
-- a hearing that comes almost 6 years after
Feb. 4
TEXASimpending execution
Texas man vowed to forgive whoever killed most of his family; then he learned
it was his son
Rage and faith warred inside Kent Whitaker as he lay in a hospital bed with a
9mm bullet hole 6 inches from his heart. It was December 2003, and the
Jan. 30
TEXASimpending execution
Texas man set for execution hopes Supreme Court cases will stop his
deathWilliam Rayford, a 64-year-old death row inmate convicted in the 1999
murder of his ex-girlfriend, is hoping 2 previous U.S. Supreme Court cases will
be the key to stopping
Jan. 26
TEXASimpending executions
Death Watch: Rayford, BattagliaHuntsville heats up
William Rayford faces his 1st execution date on Tuesday, Jan. 30, for the 1999
kidnapping and murder of ex-girlfriend Carol Hall. The 64-year-old Dallas
native was on parole at the time, as
Jan. 20
TEXAS:
Anthony Graves turns jailhouse writing into book, 'Infinite Hope'
He started on a typewriter, click-clacking away into the night in the quiet of
a prison cell.
That was sometime around 2000, when Anthony Graves didn't know if he'd see the
light of day again - back
Jan. 13
TEXASimpending execution
His son tried to kill him; now father tries to halt his execution
Thomas Whitaker is scheduled for execution on Feb. 22 for setting up the ambush
that killed his mom, brother.
His father survived the shooting and, after learning to forgive his
Jan. 12
TEXASimpending executions
Questions Linger for Anthony Shore, Larry SwearingenShore to be 1st Texan
executed in 2018
Houston serial killer Anthony Shore faces another death date, this one Jan. 18.
Shore was originally set for execution in October, but that got halted
Dec. 15
TEXAS:
Harris County Sues Major Drugmakers Over Opioid Epidemic
Harris County has become the latest government body to sue major drug
manufacturers for their hand in the opioid epidemic, alleging the companies
conspired to push highly addictive medication that harmed its
Dec. 14
TEXAS:
Texas leads the nation in executions, but its death row population is
droppingTexas executed more people than any other state this year, but
fewer new death sentences has led to a shrinking death row population.
The number of inmates on Texas' death row dropped
Dec. 8
TEXAS:
Texas district attorney who prosecuted Jeff Wood now wants him off death row
The prosecutor in the death penalty case of a man who didn't kill anyone has
asked the parole board and Gov. Greg Abbott to change his sentence to life in
prison.
Now the Kerr County
Nov. 28
TEXAS:
High Court Won't Review Beaumont Courthouse Shooter Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the conviction and death sentence
of a Houston man for the slaying of a 79-year-old woman during a 2012 shooting
rampage outside the courthouse in downtown Beaumont.
Nov. 26
TEXAS:
Wheels of justice slow, methodical for Gregg homicide suspects
After years of waiting in the Gregg County Jail, 4 of the county's 5
longest-waiting homicide suspects were sentenced and moved to prison this year.
Eleven of the 28 homicide suspects held in jail this
Nov. 8
TEXASimpending execution
exican citizen to be executed in Texas for killing cousin
Police who stopped at a convenience store more than 20 years ago in South Texas
determined 2 men at the business were drunk and told them to find a friend to
drive them home.
Ruben
Nov. 2
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Forced Testimony Over Evidence?No physical evidence implicates
Cardenas in his cousin's murder
Ruben Cardenas, a Mexican national convicted of capital murder for kidnapping,
raping, and killing his 16-year-old cousin in McAllen,
Oct. 24
TEXAS:
Capital case goes to trial: Tracy could face death if convicted in slaying
Opening statements and testimony are expected to begin this morning in the
capital murder trial of a Texas prison inmate accused in the July 2015 death of
a correctional officer at the Barry
Oct. 23
TEXAS:
Texas Journey of Hope Arrives in SA
The Texas Journey of Hope 2017 tour is in San Antonio this week spreading the
message of forgiveness and healing to discuss alternatives to the death
penalty.
"My wife was murdered and then I was falsely accused, wrongly
August 23
TEXAS:
Reginald Kimbro, Man Accused in Two North Texas Assaults, Murders, Faces 2nd
Capital Murder ChargeOfficials have not said when trials in Dallas, Tarrant
counties will begin
Reginald Gerard Kimbro, the man accused of sexually assaulting and murdering 2
North
August 18
TEXASnew execution date
Ruben Cardenas has been given an execution date for November 8; it should be
considered serious
**
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July 22
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Prepares for Execution of Taichin Preyor on July 27, 2017
Taichin "Box" Preyor's execution is scheduled to occur at 6 pm CDT, on
Thursday, July 27, 2017, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary
in Huntsville, Texas. Taichin
July 18
TEXASimpending execution
Court papers: 'Utterly unqualified' attorney used Wikipedia to defend death
penalty inmateLawyers for death row inmate file last-minute motions days
before scheduled execution
With just days left till the next scheduled execution in the Lone
July 16
TEXAS:
Texas Cracks Down on the Market for Jailhouse Snitches
Prosecutors love jailhouse informants who can provide damning testimony that a
cellmate privately confessed to a crime. Jailhouse informants, in turn, love
the perks they get in exchange for snitching, like
July 8
TEXAS:
US appeals court to review case of Argentine on death row in Texas
A federal court has agreed to review the appeal of an Argentine who is on death
row in Texas for a 1995 killing.
The Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals said last week it will examine whether
Victor
July 5
TEXAS:
My grandfather was a death row doctor. He tested psychedelic drugs on Texas
inmatesAn Austin-based writer's quest to learn his grandfather's story
leads to death row - and a little-known series of experiments that involved
giving hallucinogens to inmates in the early
June 28
TEXAS:
Former death row inmate now eligible for parole, victim's family strikes back
Noe Santana, whose 20-year-old cousin was kidnapped, raped and murdered in
1991, did not mince words when he had the chance Tuesday to talk to the killer.
"When you're looking at yourself in
June 17
TEXAS:
Larry Fitzgerald, face for Texas death row, dies at 79
Larry Fitzgerald, former Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman, sits
on the sofa in his living room in what had been his quarters in Huntsville. He
witnessed more than 200 executions during his 8 years as
June 15
TEXAS:
Execution halted for man who murders lady realtor in model home
A Texas man facing the death penalty for the stabbing murder of a real estate
agent saw his own life spared, at least temporarily.
Kosul Chanthakoummane, who was scheduled to die by lethal injection on
June 13
TEXAS:new execution date
William Rayford has received an execution date for January 30, 2018; it should
be considered serious.
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present24
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-543
Abbott#scheduled
June 11
TEXAS:
Don't execute people with intellectual disabilities
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has the opportunity in the case of Bobby
James Moore, a death row inmate with severe intellectual disability, to bring
the state's capital punishment standards in line with those
June 3
TEXAS:
Is the death penalty dying in Dallas County?
The crimes were heinous but Dallas County jurors couldn't condemn the convicted
killers.
A college student killed 3 people at a drug house in a premeditated robbery.
A former special education teacher and U.S. Army veteran
June 1
TEXAS:
Death Row Solitary: 'Their Walls Have Driven Them Mad'
Anthony Graves emerged from solitary confinement over 6 years ago to become a
national crusader for justice reform, but it took a recent report by
researchers at the University of Texas at Austin to add new urgency
May 25
TEXAS:
Was a convicted murderer incompetent to stand trial - 6 years ago?Fort Bend
County jurors wrestle with a rare retrospective question
Albert James Turner was convicted in 2011 of murder in the deaths of his
mother-in-law and wife. The jury sentenced him to death - a
May 18
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 11
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: The Capital of Capital PunishmentTilon Carter set for
execution - again
For the 2nd time this year, Tilon Carter faces execution - this time, he's set
for Huntsville's gurney next Tuesday, May 16. Carter was convicted of capital
May 6
TEXAS:
State's Narrow Disability Definition Resulted In Unconstitutional Death
Sentence
In 1985, Pedro Solis Sosa was sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing a
sheriff's deputy in Wilson County. Prosecutors alleged that Sosa killed Ollie
Childress Jr. with the officer's
May 3
TEXAS:
Former Texas Prosecutor Probably Sent Innocent Man to His Death. Now He's on
Trial for Misconduct.
The courthouse in Corsicana, Texas, roughly 60 miles southeast of Dallas, has
been meticulously restored to its original 1905 glory, a time when the county
was awash in
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