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 the
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 quarte
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 3-y
July 27
TEXASdeath row inmate seeks to drop appeals
Death row inmate who stomped baby's head in Galveston asks to be
executedTravis Mullis was sentenced to death row in 2011
A Brazoria County man on death row for stomping his 3-month-old baby to death
by the Galveston seawall
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 Cou
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
Huntsvil
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 H
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 o
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. 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 j
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,
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 the
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 th
July 4
TEXAS:
More court review ordered for Bastrop County murder case
The state's top criminal appeals court is asking the trial court in a lengthy
Central Texas death penalty case to further review the legality of DNA testing
of evidence.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling
Feb. 28
TEXAS:
Convicted killer maintains innocence 4 decades later
Jerry Jurek's hair went gray in prison.
But he still combs it back in the Elvis Presley-esque style popular 40 years
ago when he was arrested. Once a slender man, he now has a round face and
swollen fingers. His hands
Feb. 3
TEXAS:
Faces of Death Row
Here is a look at the 252 inmates currently on Texas' death row. Texas, which
reinstated the death penalty in 1976, has the most active execution chamber in
the nation. On average, these inmates have spent 13 years, 11 months on death
row. Though 12 % o
Oct. 29
TEXAS:
Lawyers reinstated for death row inmate Brandon Daniel
Brandon Daniel has apparently changed his mind about representing himself in an
attempt to expedite his execution.
The death row inmate, convicted in the 2012 killing of Austin police officer
Jaime Padron, has rein
Oct. 14
TEXASimpending execution
Sometimes, sadly, the death penalty is the only justice left
Let the record show that I was against the death penalty before I was for it.
OK, the uncomfortable truth is that my feelings about capital punishment are
complicated, wrought with the sen
Oct. 13
TEXAS:
Convicted killer faces death penalty in deputy murder case
The sentencing phase was set to begin Tuesday morning in the trial
of Mark Anthony Gonzalez, the man convicted of shooting and killing a sergeant
with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office.
Gonzalez shot Sgt. Kenne
Sept. 23
TEXAS:
SALVADORIAN MAN FACES IMMINENT EXECUTION
Alfredo Prieto, a Salvadorian man, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 1
October. He
was convicted in 2008 of two capital murders committed in 1988. There is
evidence that he has
intellectual disability which would render h
May 31
TEXAS:
District Attorney says He Will Seek Death Penalty for Cheryl Drive Shooting
Suspects
District Attorney Mark Skurka confirmed Friday that he will be seeking the
death penalty for Brendon Gaytan and Cruz Salazar, the 2 men charged with
capital murder in the shooting deaths
Jan. 31
TEXAS:
Defense lawyers: Skinner won't appear in Pampa
Hank Skinner, the Texas death-row inmate convicted of murdering his live-in
girlfriend, Twila Busby, and her sons, Randy and Elwin "Scooter" Caler, will
not be attending an evidentiary hearing scheduled in Pampa Monday and T
June 10
TEXASimpending execution
Port Arthur serial killer set for Wednesday execution
Donning a mask to hide his identity and using Duct tape and a handgun, Elroy
Chester once had a violent hold over the city.
Like a serial killer in a horror movie, Chester, then 28, methodically
April 21
TEXAS:
Supreme Court turn down inmate convicted in slayings of 4
One of the state's longest-serving death row prisoners lost an appeal
Monday in the U.S. Supreme Court, moving him closer to punishment for the
shooting deaths of 4 men in North Texas almost a quarter-century ago.
Sept. 10
TEXAS:
Woman's execution remains on scheduleAppeals court says gun argument
not new in slaying of Newton's family
Frances Newton, condemned for the 1987 murder of her husband and two young
children, was a step closer to execution Friday after the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeal
April 5
TEXAS:
LACI PETERSON'S MOTHER TO SPEAK AT CONFERENCE
The annual Northeast Texas Crime Victims' Conference in Tyler next week
will present speakers involved in two national murder cases, one in which
a man has been sentenced to death for murdering his pregnant wife and
another who
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