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2016-06-16 Thread Rick Halperin
June 16 TEXASimpending execution Death Watch: Shaken ScienceAppeal rests on new research into Shaken Baby Syndrome To have his federal habeas attorneys tell it, Robert Roberson is "dim-witted" and "mentally ill." The 49-year-old, sentenced to death in 2003 for the 2002

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2015-11-18 Thread Rick Halperin
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

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2015-05-10 Thread Rick Halperin
May 10 TEXASimpending execution Appeals court refuses to stop execution set for next week A federal appeals court has refused to stop next week's scheduled execution of a Houston man condemned for the slayings of his girlfriend, her mother and grandfather 13 years ago. Derrick

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2014-11-13 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 13 TEXASimpending execution Texas Is Going To Execute A Schizophrenic Who Wore A Cowboy Costume To Represent Himself In Court In 1992, Scott Panetti shaved his head. Then, he murdered the parents of his estranged wife and held his wife and daughter hostage for a night before

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2014-05-29 Thread Rick Halperin
May 29 TEXAS: Condemned Texas inmate loses Supreme Court appeal The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review an appeal from condemned Texas inmate Duane Buck, whose supporters contend his death sentence decided by a Houston jury 17 years ago unfairly was based on race. His death

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2013-04-25 Thread Rick Halperin
April 25 TEXASimpending execution Killer in East Texas slaying-abductions set to die The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to block execution of a Texas inmate for killing 1 of 3 people abducted from an East Texas convenience store. Richard Cobb is set for lethal injection