April 17
TEXAS:
Texas death penalty practice deserves abolition
Arkansas wants to execute 8 people over the next 10 days. The state's stock of
Midazolam, a sedative used for lethal-injection, is due to expire at the end of
the April. Not one to let taxpayer dollars go to waste, Gov.
April 14
TEXAS:
Court grants Duane Buck relief that could remove him from Texas death row
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted Texas death-row inmate Duane Buck
the right to pursue his claims of ineffective counsel and relief under a rule
that covers mistakes and neglect - a
April 13
TEXAS:
Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed Loses DNA Appeal
The state's top criminal appeals court is refusing to allow additional DNA
testing of evidence in the lengthy Central Texas death penalty case of Rodney
Reed.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals says the request by Reed's
April 11
TEXAS:
You don't have to be a bleeding heart to oppose the death penalty
What should happen now to the convicted murderer Paul David Storey? Nothing.
"Nothing" would mean leaving Storey to live out the rest of his days at his
current address in prison.
Late last week, the
April 9
TEXAS:
Putt-Putt killer gets stay of execution, but 'case is far from over'
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution Friday for a
man convicted in the 2006 murder of an assistant manager of a Putt-Putt golf
park in Hurst.
Paul Storey, 32, who was
April 7
TEXASstay of impending execution
Texas court halts execution of man amid claims of false evidence
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has halted the execution of Paul Storey,
which was set for Wednesday.
In a three-page order Friday afternoon, the court sent the case
April 7
TEXAS:
Dallas County district attorney's office to show mercy to 'lost souls'
The new Dallas County district attorney and her first assistant view the people
who go through the criminal court system as "lost souls or monsters."
Faith Johnson says her job as district attorney
April 6
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: No Comfort, No ClosureJonas Cherry's parents don't want their
son's killer killed
32-year-old Paul Storey is the 5th person set for a state killing this year,
his execution date currently set for Wednesday, April 12. In 2006,
April 5
TEXAS:
Dallas County district attorney's office to show mercy to 'lost souls'
The new Dallas County district attorney and her first assistant view the people
who go through the criminal court system as "lost souls or monsters."
Faith Johnson says her job as district attorney
April 4
TEXAS:
Supreme Court Will Take up 3rd Harris County Death Penalty Case This Year
After recently ruling in favor of 2 Harris County death row inmates, the U.S.
Supreme Court is poised to take up yet another Houston death penalty case this
year.
Carlos Ayestas was sentenced to
April 3
TEXAS:
Texas House to hear 2 death penalty bills today
2 death penalty bills will be heard in committee Monday April 3, 2017 at the
Texas House of Representatives in Austin, TX.
The 1st one is House Bill 3054 by Herrero (D-Robstown). Herrero is presenting a
revision in jury
April 2
TEXAS:
Smith County judges eye pay increase for court-appointed attorneys in capital
murder death penalty cases
The dwindling number of Smith County defense attorneys who are willing to take
on capital murder death penalty cases for indigent defendants has prompted
local
April 1
TEXAS:
As execution looms, juror in Hurst Putt-Putt murder hopes to change law
When Sven Berger looked around at the other jurors in the deliberation room
during a 2008 capital murder trial, he knew that the majority wanted the death
penalty. He also knew he didn't.
But he
March 31
TEXAS:
Texas Executions May Slow Down, But Won't Stop
Texas executes more people than any state, but a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this
week that spared the life of a mentally disabled Texan and proposed legal
reforms are forcing it to confront its fondness for capital
March 29
TEXAS:
Texas Must Broaden Death-Penalty Exemption, High Court Says
A divided U.S. Supreme Court said Texas must broaden its death-penalty
exemption for people who are intellectually disabled, ruling that the state was
violating the Constitution by using outdated medical
March 28
TEXAS:
Justices side with Texas death row inmate who argued intellectual disability
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a Texas man on death row who argued he
was mentally disabled and could not be executed.
In a 5-3 ruling, the court said the state's definition and
March 25
TEXASimpending execution
Hurst parents make video plea to Abbott to spare their son's murdererGlenn
and Judy Cherry are pleading that Governor Greg Abbott save the life of Paul
Storey, one of the men who killed their son and was condemned to death.
What his jurors
March 24
TEXAS:
The Trouble with InnocenceFor almost 40 years, Kerry Max Cook did
everything to clear his name after being convicted of a horrifying murder in
Tyler. So when he was finally exonerated, why did he ask for his conviction
back?
June 6, 2016, convicted murderer
March 22
TEXAS:
Fill gaps in capital case trial lawyers
The shrinking list of lawyers qualified to handle the growing list of capital
murder defendants in Bexar County does not bode well for the criminal justice
system.
With 68 capital murder cases pending and only 11 lawyers
March 21
TEXASimpending execution
Parents of slain Hurst Putt-Putt manager seek to halt killer's executio
The parents of a man slain during a robbery in 2006 in Northeast Tarrant County
have signed an affidavit calling on the state not to execute one of the killers
next month.
March 20
TEXAS:
Severe mental illness and the death penalty
Over the course of our state's history, people with severe mental illnesses
have faced serious consequences in the criminal justice system. All too often,
these individuals faced capital punishment, a sentence that frequently
March 9
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: "No Need" for Mental TestsJames Bigby will be the 4th Texan
executed in 2017
James Bigby, 61, is scheduled to be the 4th Texan executed this year when he
goes to the Huntsville gurney on Tuesday, March 14. The Fort Worth native
March 8
TEXASexecution
Texas killer Ruiz apologizes for '92 contract murder before execution"Words
cannot begin to express how sorry I am," the condemned prisoner said in his
final statement.
After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his last appeal, condemned contract
killer
March 7
TEXASexecution
SA hit man Rolando Ruiz executed after Supreme Court denies appeals
The U.S. Supreme Court denied the appeals from attorneys trying to keep a paid
hit man from execution in Texas for gunning down a San Antonio woman in a life
insurance scheme nearly a
March 7
TEXASimpending execution
Hit man in San Antonio murder-for-hire slaying set to dieRolando Ruiz is
scheduled to die for the murder-for-hire slaying he carried out more than 24
years ago
Rolando Ruiz walked up to a car as it pulled into the driveway of a San Antonio
March 4
TEXASimpending executions
Texas Prepares for Execution of Rolando Ruiz on March 7, 2017
Rolando Ruiz, Jr., is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm CST, on Tuesday, March
7, 2017, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville,
Texas. 44-year-old Rolando
March 2
TEXAS-new execution date
Condemned killer in San Antonio robbery set to die May 24
A 35-year-old San Antonio man on death row for a fatal shooting during a
robbery more than 13 years ago has been set to die.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said
Feb. 28
TEXAS:
SCOTUS refuses appeals from 3 on Texas death row The U.S. Supreme Court
refused to review appeals in 3 Texas death row cases, including one where a man
pleaded guilty to a triple slaying
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review appeals in 3 Texas death row
Feb. 23
TEXAS:
High court denies Texans' appeals
2 Texans on death row for separate slayings in the Dallas- Fort Worth area have
lost appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Without comment, the justices refused Monday to review the cases of 52-year-old
Joseph Lave and 54-year-old
Feb. 22
TEXAS:
Supreme Court blocks death sentence over racial bias
The Supreme Court blocked the execution of a Texas murderer Wednesday
because of racially discriminatory testimony presented by his own
defense team.
The 6-2 ruling was the second in the court's new term to overturn a
Feb. 19
TEXAS:
Conference held in Austin to abolish the death penalty
A group of Texans wanting to get rid of the penalty heard a different
perspective on the act of executing someone during a conference Saturday in
Austin.
The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty brought
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. 17
TEXAS:
Lining Up a ConvictionA suggestive photo lineup put Juan Balderas on death
row. Experts say he may have been wrongfully convicted, but will he get a new
trial in time?
At first glance, the photo lineup that helped send Juan Balderas to death row
doesn't look too
Feb. 15
TEXAS:
Sabine County grand jury re-indicts man accused in baby death for capital
murder
A 27-year-old Pineland man who was arrested back in December of 2014 in
connection to the death of his girlfriend's 5-month-old daughter has been
re-indicted on a capital murder charge,
Feb. 11
TEXAS:
Meet the Texas warden who supervised the most executions
People against the death penalty protest outside the Walls Unit in Huntsville,
Texas.
It's execution day, and there have been no last minute reprieves.
"I don't think we've ever executed an innocent person,"
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. 9
TEXAS:
Montgomery County DA's Office requests new execution date for Swearingen
The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office asked a judge Tuesday to set a
Sept. 21 execution date for Larry Swearingen, the Willis man sentenced to death
for murdering a teenage Montgomery
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. 4
TEXASstay of impending execution
Execution halted days before Fort Worth man was set to dieTilon Carter, 37,
received a stay Friday afternoon from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. His
execution was set for Tuesday.
For the 2nd time this week, a Texas execution has
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. 29
TEXAS:
Judge tells murder suspect he appointed 'best lawyers I could find'
A Texas prison inmate's desire for a new lawyer in his Bowie County capital
murder case was the subject of much discussion at a pretrial hearing Friday.
"If I wanted him off my case, I could just
Jan. 28
TEXAS:
Report: Texas bought seized execution drugs from India
Texas prison officials in 2015 arranged to buy lethal-injection drugs from a
company in India that was busted for selling psychotropic drugs and opioids
illegally to people in Europe and the United States, a new
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. 27
TEXASexecution
A man convicted of committing a fatal robbery at a Balch Springs Subway shop
weeks after he was fired from his job there was executed at a Texas prison.
43-year-old Terry Edwards was put to death by lethal injection late Thursday
for the $3,000 holdup at a
Jan. 26
TEXAS:
Supreme Court rejects appeal for inmate convicted of Dallas-area murders
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block the execution of a Texas prisoner
condemned for committing a fatal robbery at a Balch Springs sandwich shop weeks
after he was fired from his job there.
TEXAS:
Execution delayed for inmate convicted of Dallas-area murders
Texas prison officials have temporarily delayed the scheduled execution of a
43-year-old convicted killer while the U.S. Supreme Court considers multiple
appeals intended to keep him from lethal injection.
Attorneys
Jan. 26
TEXASimpending execution
Unequal Under the Law: The Troubling Case of Terry Edwards, Set to Be Executed
on Thursday
They removed all the black folks from the pool of potential jurors.
In the trial of a black man convicted of killing 2 white folks.
Not in 1950 ... but in
Jan. 25
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Appeals Court Refuses To Block Thursday Execution
Texas' highest criminal court has refused to stop this week's execution of a
43-year-old man convicted of a suburban Dallas sandwich shop robbery where 2
employees were fatally shot.
The
Jan. 24
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Jan. 24
TEXASimpending execution
Is Texas About to Execute an Innocent Man?Terry Edwards' murder conviction
is irrevocably flawed.
Unless the courts or Gov. Greg Abbott step in to stop it, Texas will execute
Terry Edwards on Thursday. This would be a reprehensible miscarriage
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
Jan. 17
TEXASbook review
Grace and Justice on Death Row: The Race Against Time and Texas to Free an
Innocent Man, Reviewed The new book from Alexandria-based lawyer Brian W.
Stolarz chronicles the long road to getting an innocent man off death row.
According to Amnesty
Jan. 15
TEXAS:
DNA evidence to be analyzed again in death penalty case appeal
A lawyer for Steven Thomas, who faces the death penalty after being convicted
of capital murder in Williamson County, says some of the DNA evidence presented
at the trial was false, according to court
Jan. 14
TEXAS:
Supreme Court to review Texas death penalty caseThe U.S. Supreme Court said
Friday it would review the legal complexities in a Texas death penalty case,
where a man killed a 5-year-old and her grandmother.
The U.S. Supreme Court will review the death penalty case
Jan. 13
TEXAS:
The Texas death penalty is dying
The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP), a statewide
grassroots organization working to end the death penalty, recently published
its annual death penalty report, which illustrates that some Texans are
re-thinking
Jan. 12
TEXASexecution
Texas carries out nation's 1st execution in 2017
Texas has executed death row inmate Christopher Wilkins, who was convicted of
killing 2 men after one of them mocked him for falling for a phony drug deal.
The lethal injection of the 48-year-old Wilkins
Jan. 11
TEXASimpending execution
Supreme Court declines to block Texas execution
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to block the scheduled execution of a Texas
death row inmate who killed two men after one of them mocked him for falling
for a fake drug deal.
The court's ruling
Jan. 11
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Killer Christopher Wilkins Tries to Stop Year's 1st Execution
A Texas man who claims his lawyers did a bad job of defending him against
charges he callously murdered 2 men could become the 1st prisoner executed this
year if the U.S. Supreme
Jan. 11
TEXASimpending execution
Texas man set to die for killing pranksters who told him gravel was crack
cocaine
A Fort Worth jury sent Christopher Wilkins to death row for killing 2 men he
admitting shooting over a $20 phony drug deal after Wilkins said he didn't care
whether
Jan. 9
TEXASimpending execution
Inmate Set to Die for Fort Worth Killings Loses Appeal
Christopher Wilkins, 48, is set to be executed for fatally shooting 2 men in
Tarrant County in 2005.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has rejected an appeal from a 48-year-old
man set for
Jan. 7
TEXASfemale may face death penalty
'Drug addict' Texas mom smirks in her mugshot after being charged with stabbing
her 5-year-old daughter to death and attacking her father-in-law who tried to
stop her
A mom appears to be choking back laughter in her mugshot after allegedly
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
Jan. 4
TEXAS:
Paxton sues FDA for delaying import of death penalty drug
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday his office has filed a lawsuit
against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for delaying the state's
importation of a drug used in capital punishment.
The
Jan. 3
TEXAS:
Brakes applied on death penalty cases
The death penalty is rare, even in Texas, where just 7 executions were carried
out last year. In some places, it's almost non-existent. In Dallas and Harris
Counties, not a single death sentence was handed down last year.
This is
Dec. 15
TEXAS:
Accused killer's lawyer is using former Dallas DA's mental illness in an
attempt to torpedo case
A Dallas defense attorney is using the mental illness of former District
Attorney Susan Hawk in an attempt to change the course of a legal case that
could end with his
Dec. 14
TEXASnew execution date
San Antonio hit man's execution set March 7
A convicted hit man has a date set for execution early next year for the 1992
slaying of a San Antonio woman.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark says the prison
agency has
Dec. 8
TEXAS:
34 Years Ago, the First Person Died by Lethal Injection. It Was Controversial
Then, Too
It was seen as more humane and relatively painless, but that's not certain
When Charles Brooks Jr. lay down on a gurney in the execution chamber, there
was no way to know exactly
Dec. 7
TEXAS:
State court reverses death penalty in Love murder case
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the capital murder conviction and
death sentence of Albert Leslie Love Jr. Wednesday, ruling text messages were
improperly used against him because they were obtained
Dec. 7
TEXAS:
Love triangle dismemberment murderer found guilty; takes stand during
sentencing
Michael Scott Quinn was supposed to be begging jurors not give him the death
penalty. Instead, the San Antonio man made inappropriate jokes as he took the
stand in his own defense.
Dec. 6
TEXAS:
Families have exchange in capital murder hearing
The family of a 13-year-old shot on his grandparents' front doorstep and a
relative of the man accused of the killing faced each other in a court hearing
Monday.
David Davila appeared briefly before 148th District Judge
Dec. 4
TEXAS:
3 teens charged with capital murder in death of 4-year-old Texas girl
3 people have been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of
4-year-old Ava Castillo.
3 teenagers have been charged with capital murder in the death of a 4-year-old
Texas girl, authorities
Dec. 3
TEXASstay of impending execution
Battaglia again wins stay of execution days before he was condemned to die for
killing daughters
2 weeks after a judge found John Battaglia mentally fit to be executed for
killing his 2 daughters in 2001, the Dallas man has received
Dec. 2
TEXASstay of impending execution
Battaglia again wins stay of execution days before he was condemned to die for
killing daughters
2 weeks after a judge found John Battaglia mentally fit to be executed for
killing his two daughters in 2001, the Dallas man has received
Dec. 2
TEXAS:
Texas Defends Mental Standards in SCOTUS Death Penalty Case
Another Texas death penalty case was argued at the United States Supreme Court
this week. The 2 questions presented was whether executing someone 35 years
after the imposition of a death sentence, and allegedly
Dec. 1
TEXAS:
Will the Supreme Court Stop Texas from Executing the Intellectually Disabled?
Since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in the United States, in
1976, Texas has been responsible for more than 1/3 of the country's executions
- 538 out of 1440. The most
Nov. 30
TEXAS:
Supreme Court Justice Makes Powerful Plea For The Disabled On Death Row
A narrow majority of justices at the U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready to side
with a Texas death row inmate and further refine the constitutional prohibition
on executing the mentally deficient.
Nov. 29
TEXAS:
U.S. justices sympathetic to death row inmate on intellectual disability
A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared ready to side
with a man sentenced to death for a 1980 Houston murder who is challenging how
Texas gauges whether a defendant has
Nov. 29
TEXAS:
U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Texas Death Penalty Case On Intellectual Disability
It's unconstitutional to execute people with intellectual disabilities, that
much the U.S. Supreme Court has made clear. But things get fuzzy when
individual states try to legally determine
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. 25
TEXAS:
Texas judge apologizes for lynching comment about suspect in shooting of San
Antonio cop
A Texas judge has apologized for writing "time for a tree and a rope" on
Facebook about the black man accused of killing a San Antonio police officer.
Burnet County Judge James
Nov. 23
TEXASimpending execution
Attorney Wants Execution Halted For Dad Who Killed Daughters
A man set for execution next month is appealing a judge's ruling last week that
he's mentally competent to be executed for fatally shooting his 2 young
daughters more than 15 years ago
Nov. 22
TEXASimpending execution
Urgent ActionSTOP EXECUTION OF TEXAS MAN WITH DELUSIONAL DISORDER
John Battaglia, aged 61, is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 7 December. He
was sentenced to death for killing his 2 young daughters in 2001. Three
psychologists have
Nov. 19
TEXASnew death sentence
Death sentence for Fort Worth man who killed pregnant girlfriend, 2 others
A Tarrant County jury sentenced a Fort Worth man to death Friday in a 2013
triple slaying.
Amos Wells was convicted on Nov. 3 of capital murder in the deaths of his
Nov. 16
TEXAS:
The Supreme Court Asks What It Means To Have An Intellectual
DisabilityResearchers say that Texas has invented a nonscientific diagnosis
based on a crude stereotype in order to execute people with an intellectual
disability.
In April 1980, 20-year-old Bobby James
Nov. 15
TEXAS:
Rep Dutton Files Bills to Abolish the Death Penalty and Prohibit Death
Sentences in Law of Parties Cases
Rep. Harold Dutton of Houston today filed HB 64, a bill to abolish the death
penalty in Texas.
Rep. Dutton also filed HB 147, a bill to prohibit the death
Nov. 15
TEXASimpending execution
Child killer John Battaglia is mentally unfit to be executed, psychologists say
John Battaglia, the former accountant who murdered his daughters while their
mother listened helplessly on the phone in 2001, appeared in a Dallas County
courtroom
Nov. 8
TEXAS:
Dallas man on death row loses appeal for a 2nd time
A Dallas man on death row lost an appeal Monday to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals for the 2nd time.
Ivan Cantu was sentenced to death in Collin County in the killing of his cousin
in 2001. The federal appeals
Nov. 8
TEXASnew execution date
James Bigby has been given an execution date for March 14; is should be
considered serious.
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TEXAS:
"An Eye For An Eye" by Israeli Documentary Filmmaker Ilan Ziv Premieres Oct.
28, Shifts Election Focus From Division To Forgiveness
The powerful documentary AN EYE FOR AN EYE, comes to select U.S. theaters
beginning October 28th with a message of forgiveness and healing
Nov. 4
TEXAS:
North Texas man found guilty in shooting deaths of 3 people
A North Texas jury has convicted a 26-year-old man of capital murder in the
shooting deaths of his estranged girlfriend, her mother and young brother.
The punishment phase of the trial for Amos Joseph Wells III
Nov. 4
TEXAS:
Fort Worth man guilty of capital murder in deaths of boy, 2 women
A Fort Worth man was found guilty of capital murder Thursday for shooting his
pregnant girlfriend, her 10-year-old brother and their 39-year-old mother.
Amos Joseph Wells III elected to not to have
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
Nov. 2
TEXASnew execution date
John Ramirez has been given an execution date for Feb. 2; it should be
considered serious.
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Nov. 1
TEXAS:
Man accused of slaughtering '3 generations out of one family'
This article contains graphic description.
Amos Joseph Wells kept his head down as video of the carnage he is accused of
causing flashed across a courtroom screen Monday morning.
As the victims' family
Oct. 31
TEXAS:
Activists march against the death penalty
Although she grew up in a pro-death penalty Republican family, Terrie Been
chose to speak out in front of a crowd on Saturday for her brother Jeff Wood, a
Texas death-row prisoner whose execution was halted in August.
While
Oct. 30
TEXAS:
Texas on trial for using fictional character in death penalty casesThe US
state of Texas has come under fire for its use of a character from "Of Mice and
Men" in determining if defendants are mentally ill. The so-called "Lennie
Standard" has put several men on death
Oct. 28
TEXASnew execution date
Steven Long has been given an execution date for June 28, 2017; it should be
considered serious.
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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
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