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2016-02-18 Thread Rick Halperin
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

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2015-08-19 Thread Rick Halperin
Aug. 19 TEXASimpending execution//foreign national Texas Prepares for Execution of Nicaraguan Bernardo Tercero on August 26, 2015 Bernardo Aban Tercero is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm CDT, on Wednesday, August 26, 2015, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in

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2014-04-26 Thread Rick Halperin
April 26 TEXAS: Psychologist says Petetan's mental retardation is moderate Attorneys for Carnell Petetan Jr. rested their penalty-phase case Friday evening after 2 psychologists told the jury that Petetan is mentally retarded. Prosecutors, who are seeking the death penalty, will call

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2013-06-23 Thread Rick Halperin
June 23 TEXAS: Texas prepares to execute 500th prisoner The US state of Texas is preparing to execute its 500th convict since the death penalty was restored in 1976, a record in a country where capital punishment is in decline elsewhere. On Wednesday, in the absence of a last