Oct. 7
TEXAS:
Murderer must die, Texas appeals court rules, despite victim’s family’s
opposition
An appeals court has rejected a lower court’s recommendation that urged judges
to spare the life of a death row inmate or give him another sentencing hearing
because prosecutors lied
March 20
TEXAS:
Intellectually disabled man who murdered Dallas cop shouldn't be executed, DA
says
Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot announced Tuesday he no longer
believes that a man sentenced to death for murdering a Dallas police officer in
November 2005 should be
February 27
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denies delay of Coble's execution
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied requests Tuesday from Billie
Wayne Coble to delay his execution scheduled for Thursday or to reduce his
death sentence to a life
February 3
TEXAS:
20 years later, justice for the lynching of James Byrd Jr. might finally be
complete
John William King did not wear a white sheet or a pointed hood in court. When
his February 1999 trial began, his plain street clothes covered prison tattoos
defense attorneys did
January 23
TEXAS:
Texas Supreme Court will weigh whether state should reveal execution drug
supplierAfter 5 years, the fight over identifying a pharmacy that provided
execution drugs in 2014 is in front of the justices.
For years, the state of Texas has fought to keep the
January 16
TEXAS:
8 years on Texas' highest criminal court turned Elsa Alcala into a death
penalty skeptic. How will the court change without her?Judge Elsa Alcala
ended her tenure critical of the death penalty and often pleading for policy
changes from the state Legislature.
January 9
TEXAS:
Supreme Court rejects appeal from former Missouri City cop on death row
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from a former Missouri
City police officer convicted of hiring a hitman to kill his wife, 1 of 2
Houston-area death row losses in the high
January 2
TEXASimpending executions
Texas Prepares for Execution of Blaine Milam, Scheduled for January 15
Blaine Keith Milam's execution is scheduled for 6 pm CST, on Tuesday, January
15, 2019, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville,
Texas.
December 10
TEXAS:
Lethal injections are poison, not medicine
Texas’ preferred method for executing criminals is lethal injection with
pentobarbital. The whole process has the look and feel of a medical procedure.
There are protocols, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and people in
December 8
TEXAS:
I'm a police chief who has fought for justice all my life, and I support the
death penalty
This column will probably come as no surprise to you, but I support the death
penalty. I know as a subscriber to The Dallas Morning News, this sentiment is
not shared by the
November 28
TEXAS:
Texas is Trying to Execute a Man for a Murder He Didn't CommitThe Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals denied a recommendation to relieve him of execution.
Can a state sentence someone to death for a murder that they didn't commit?
According to Texas, the answer
Oct. 26
TEXAS:
'Texas says death row, we say hell no!'
Death row families, death row exonerees, activists and abolitionists gathered
at the Texas Capitol Thursday in a powerful show of unity to demand that
executions stop and the death penalty be abolished.
The crowd welcomed five
October 16
TEXAS:
Judge to set death date for Coble
A judge has called a hearing to set an execution date for convicted triple
murderer Billie Wayne Coble.
Judge Matt Johnson of Waco's 54th State District Court has set the hearing for
1:30 p.m. Wednesday, 8 days after the U.S.
October 2
TEXAS:
Federal judge raises questions of innocence in condemned Harris County
cop-killer
The gunshots screeched over the static of the police radio, followed by the
last breaths of sheriff's Deputy Barrett Hill. It was the dark, pre-dawn hours
of Dec. 4, 2000, and
September 27
TEXASexecutions
Texas puts Daniel Acker to death, the 2nd execution in 2 daysAcker was
convicted in the 2000 murder of his girlfriend in East Texas. Her body was
found on the side of the road after neighbors said they saw him abduct her.
For the 2nd time in 1
July 7
TEXAS:
With 7 execution dates on the calendar, Texas just got more lethal injection
drugs
Texas received new lethal injection supplies in June.
Amid speculation about its ability to carry out the flurry of new executions on
the calendar, state records show the Texas prison
May 13
TEXAS:
Stage is set for death penalty case
Border Patrol Agent Javier Vega was fishing for gar with his family at their
favorite spot.
But the family outing turned deadly when 2 would-be robbers approached him, his
wife, children and parents, according to police.
Vega, a
March 30
TEXAS:
Good Friday is a time to consider what the death penalty is doing to our souls
Good Friday always beckons us to think deeply about our role in the execution.
Word spread quickly. The crime was unspeakable. The reward for his capture was
great. The government was
March 23
TEXASimpending execution
Federal judge in Lubbock rejects Rodriguez death penalty appeal
A federal judge in Lubbock on Thursday denied a motion to stop the March 27
execution of Rosendo Rodriguez, who was convicted of the 2005 killing of
29-year-old Summer Baldwin who
March 8
TEXAS:
Shock belt use cited as part of James Calvert's death penalty appeal
A man on death row for a brutal Smith County murder says the electric shock he
received during trial violated his constitutional rights.
James Calvert was convicted in 2015 of capital murder and
March 7
TEXAS:
Presiding Judge Sharon Keller narrowly wins Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
primary race
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller narrowly won the
Republican primary Tuesday night, overcoming a challenger who knocked her for
her multiple ethical
Jan. 31
TEXASexecution
Texas inmate executed after Supreme Court denies appeal
A Texas death row inmate was put to death Tuesday evening after the U.S.
Supreme Court denied an appeal to block his execution, saying race was a factor
in his sentencing.
William Rayford, 64, was
Jan. 7
TEXAS:
Jury selection in long-delayed Delacruz capital murder trial to begin next week
Jury selection is around the corner in the trial of a San Angelo capital murder
suspect who stands accused of killing his ex-girlfriend's daughter in 2014.
Some 350-400 residents are set to
Dec. 17
TEXASfemale to face death penalty
Hundreds of jurors skip out on capital murder case leading to new delay
The jury selection process in the state's capital murder case against Sabrina
Vielma came to a halt Thursday after 75 % of summoned jurors failed to appear.
Vielma
Dec. 6
DECEMBER 6, 2017:
TEXAS:
Delacruz appears in court; capital murder trial slated
A San Angelo capital murder suspect appeared in court Tuesday for the 1st time
since his trial was postponed last-minute in July.
Isidro Miguel Delacruz, 27, stands accused in the slaying of
Nov. 11
TEXASnew execution date
Lubbock judge signs death warrant for Rosendo Rodriguez
Lubbock Judge Jim Bob Darnell issued Wednesday an order of execution for
37-year-old Rosendo Rodriguez III, who was convicted and sentenced to death for
the 2005 slaying of a pregnant woman
Oct. 25
TEXASimpending execution/Mexican national
Texas set to execute Mexican national amid international dispute
Texas next month is poised to execute a Mexican national accused of rape and
murder in a case that could further inflame border tensions over apparent
violations of
Oct. 21
TEXAS:
With jury chosen, court takes up final pretrial matters in capital murder case
Final pretrial matters were discussed Thursday at a hearing in the case of
Billy Joel Tracy, a Texas prison inmate facing the death penalty in the July
2015 beating death of a correctional
Oct. 19
TEXASstay of impending executions
'Tourniquet Killer' execution date reset to January 2018'Tourniquet Killer'
claims death row inmate convinced him to confess to murder
The execution date for Anthony Allen Shore, also known as the "Tourniquet
Killer," has been
Oct. 17
TEXASimpending execution
Houston serial killer faces execution this weekAnthony Shore, a convicted
serial killer, is set to be executed Wednesday evening. His murders in the
1980s and 1990s went unsolved until 2003.
Houston's "Tourniquet Killer" is on his way to the
Oct. 8
TEXASimpending executions
Death Watch: Where's Your Evidence?Exculpatory testimony, DNA at issue for
Rodney Reed, Robert Pruett
Rodney Reed, the Bastrop man who's spent nearly 20 years on death row for the
1996 murder of Stacey Stites - a crime he has steadfastly
Sept. 13
TEXAS:
Parents of slain Putt-Putt manager still opposed to execution of their son's
killer
The parents of a Putt-Putt assistant manager killed in 2006 told a judge
Tuesday they are still against the death penalty even though their son's killer
received it.
Paul Storey,
July 14
TEXAS:
Hogan Lovells Argues Disbarred Lawyer's 'Mouthpiece' Doomed Death Row Inmate
In a Texas death row case in which a disbarred lawyer may have previously
represented the defendant, a Hogan Lovells team has joined with local Texas
counsel to try to derail an execution set
July 13
TEXAS:
Texas' slow, tortuous fight to kill a mentally ill manThe state's fight to
kill Scott Panetti is now in its 3rd decade.
Scott Panetti is very seriously mentally ill. He once buried his furniture in
his backyard in the belief that this would purge the devil, who
July 7
TEXASnew execution date
Houston's 'Tourniquet Killer' set for October execution
He was a musician. A hard-working father. A charismatic charmer. But now, he's
just a convicted killer who has a date with death.
Houston's so-called "Tourniquet Killer" - a 55-year-old who
JULY 2
TEXAS:
Appeals court to review case of Argentine on Texas death row
A federal court has agreed to review the appeal of an Argentine man who is on
death row in Texas for a 1995 killing.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday it will examine whether
Victor
June 24
TEXAS:
Love gets new attorneys for capital murder retrial
Former convicted murderer Albert Leslie Love Jr. has 2 new lawyers for a
retrial of his capital murder case, including one who represented him on
appeal.
In a brief hearing Friday, Love informed 19th State District
June 21
TEXAS:
Suspect charged with capital murder in slaying of Houston
10-month-oldBefore he was accused of killing a 10-month-old, Jared Balogun
had been arrested repeatedly.
6 days after a 10-month-old was shot in his father's arms, a Houston man was
charged with capital
June 8
TEXASstay of impending execution
Execution halted for man convicted in Texas real estate agent's murderThe
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday halted the execution of a man
convicted in the murder of a McKinney real estate agent in 2007.
Another Texas
April 21
TEXAS:
Smith County District Attorney to seek death penalty in Kayla Gomez-Orozco case
When the Bullard man accused of abducting and killing 10-year-old Kayla
Gomez-Orozco goes on trial in October, he will be facing the death penalty if
found guilty.
Smith County District
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 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
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 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.
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,"
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. 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. 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. 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. 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
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
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
Oct. 3
TEXAS:
SCOTUS considers if man may be executed after 'expert' testified that black
people are dangerousCount the failures of justice in Duane Buck's case.
As a devout Christian, he spends much of his time praying and atoning for his
past sins. For 2 decades, he's
Oct. 2
TEXAS:
North Texas man to face death penalty in wife's drowning
Prosecutors in North Texas say they will seek the death penalty against a man
accused of drowning his wife by throwing her off a bridge after tying a rope
attached to concrete around her neck.
The Fort Worth
Sept. 2
TEXAS:
British woman on Texas death row should not get new trial, judge says -- Linda
Carty's lawyers argued that she was denied due process in trial for 2002
kidnapping and murder of neighbor, but judge found evidence insufficient
A judge has recommended that a British woman
Aug. 17
TEXAS:
Looming Texas execution illustrates urgency of forgiveness
Next week Texas is scheduled to execute a death row inmate who never killed
anyone, and who may not even have known a crime was going to be committed. The
execution is not only out of touch with Pope Francis and
June 3
TEXASfemales to face death penalty
Concert pianist's wife faces death penalty trial after 'smothering' their
1-year-old and 5 year-old daughter with a pillow in TexasSofya Tsygankova
is accused of killing daughters Nika, 5, and Michaela, 1
A Forth Worth mother is
April 26
TEXAS:
Death Sentence Handed Down After 'Expert' Testifies That Black People Are
Dangerous
There's no question that Duane Buck is to blame for the 1995 double-murder of
his ex-girlfriend and her friend on July 30 in Houston. According to The
Intercept, Buck forced his way
april 24
TEXAS:
Letters from death row: Inmates tell of life on the inside and awaiting the
death penalty
Charles 'Chuck' Thompson and his close circle of friends know how they are
going to die.
But Thompson, 45, and his mates aren't psychics and they're not suffering
terminal
April 22
TEXAS:
Man arrested in death of Houston transgender woman, friend
A Galena Park man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of a
transgender woman and a man in Midtown earlier this month.
Tariq Lackings, 23, was arrested Wednesday, charged with capital murder in
April 15
TEXAS:
Death Row's Race ProblemThe case of a Texas death-row inmate, now before
the Supreme Court, points to the troubling racial history of capital punishment
Time may be running out for Duane Buck, a death row inmate in Texas since 1997.
Next week the U.S. Supreme
April 9
TEXASdeath row inmate dies
Oldest Inmate on Texas' Death Row Dies of Natural Causes
Jack Harry Smith, 78, the oldest man on death row in Texas, has died of natural
causes, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
The oldest condemned man in Texas has died at
April 8
TEXAS:
Video Examines Extraordinary Racial Bias in TX Death Penalty Case on Final
Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
A newly-revised video about one of the most extraordinary cases of racial bias
in a death penalty case was released today by attorneys for Texas death row
prisoner
Feb. 22
TEXAS:
Criminal intent protections should extend to mentally ill
There are approximately 350,000 inmates with a mental illness, yet only around
35,000 mentally ill patients in psychiatric hospitals. Mentally ill inmates
account for anywhere from 5-10 % of death row inmates.
Feb. 16
TEXASimpending execution
Attorneys for a Texas inmate facing execution for the shotgun slaying of a
suburban Dallas liquor store clerk say no late appeals are planned
No late appeals are planned for a Texas inmate facing execution for the shotgun
slaying of a suburban
Feb. 4
TEXAS:
'I would like to apologise for all of the trouble I've caused': Final words of
death row inmates give a unique insight into their state of mind minutes before
death...and they're almost always POSITIVEPsychologists analysed language
in 407 statements of men on death
Nov. 25
TEXAS:
Texas court gags news coverage of mass murders
The district court in this East Texas town (Palestine) has approved a defense
attorney's gag order to restrict news coverage of the recent campsite murders
of six victims, including evidence and testimony presented in
Oct. 24
TEXAS:
Texas execution drug shipment seized by federal authorities
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration intercepted an international shipment of
an unapproved lethal injection drug called sodium thiopental that was ordered
by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, a federal
Oct. 7
TEXAS:
With his last words, a killer apologized to his victim's widow. Could she
forgive him?
On Sept. 17, 1998, Juan Martin Garcia fatally shot Hugo Solano during a
robbery. Garcia was a 18-year-old gang member with a long rap sheet and a
reputation for violence. Solano was
Sept. 25
TEXAS:
Execution of mentally ill man serves no greater good
Any reasonable debate over the value and efficacy of the death penalty must
eventually return to the greater good.
Those who support the continued application of capital punishment believe a
greater good is served
Sept. 24
TEXASstay of impending execution
Execution date put off for Fort Worth killer
The execution of a convicted Fort Worth killer, scheduled for next month, has
been called off while a state commission addresses concerns raised recently
about DNA statistics and interpretation.
Sept. 19
TEXAS:
Hall's competency called into question in capital murder case
A man facing the death penalty for capital murder told a judge there are times
when the trial gets so intense he is unable to focus or assist his counsel in
his defense.
The court examined Gabriel Hall's
Aug. 30
TEXAS:
Suspect arrested in 'execution-style' killing of Texas deputy sheriff
A Texas man faces a capital murder charge in the execution-style shooting of
a sheriff's deputy while he was fueling his patrol car near Houston,
authorities said.
Deputy Darren H. Goforth was in
July 16
TEXASstay of impending execution
Court delays Texas execution that had been set for Thursday
A Texas death row inmate won an indefinite reprieve Thursday, hours before he
was set to die for the slaying of a 93-year-old woman at her home during a
robbery a decade ago.
July 15
TEXASimpending execution
Texas inmate set to die Thursday for killing elderly woman
When firefighters responded to a call about smoke coming from a home in East
Texas, they found the burned body of a 93-year-old woman who lived there alone.
Investigators later determined
May 7
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Generations of MadnessCharles death penalty raises question of
mental illness
Next up on Texas' execution schedule - May 12 - is 32-year-old Derrick Charles.
On July 2, 2002, then-19-year-old Charles beat, strangled, sexually
April 9
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Set For 1st Execution Since Obtaining New Supply Of Lethal Injection
Drugs
Kent Sprouse is scheduled to be executed Thursday for the 2002 murders of a
police officer and a gas station customer.
Sprouse, 42, was convicted and sentenced
Feb. 27
TEXAS:
British Woman On Death Row Gets Rare Hearing From Texas' Last Resort Court
The highest criminal court in Texas has granted a rare hearing to review
allegations of prosecutorial misconduct in the high-profile death row case of
British national Linda Carty.
The Texas
Feb. 6
TEXASstay of impending execution
U.S. Supreme Court halts Texas execution of convicted killer
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold the execution by Texas of
convicted murderer Lester Bower as it considers whether to hear his full appeal
including the assertion
Oct. 27
TEXASimpending execution
Convicted Murderer to be Executed Tuesday
A San Antonio man is set to be executed this week for the murder of 3 people in
2000.
32-year-old Miguel Angel Paredes will be executed by lethal injection Tuesday.
He's a member of a Texas prison
July 26
TEXAS:
MK from Mexico ministers to death-row inmates
In the 6 years Dorothy Ruelas has visited death-row inmates at the Allan B.
Polunsky Unit in West Livingston, only 1 thing shocked her.
I was surprised and shocked to find out most Baptists support the death
penalty, said
July 19
TEXAS:
Harlem Lewis guilty in slaying of Bellaire police officer
The question prosecutors and defense attorneys argued over in court Friday was:
What happened in the minute before a Bellaire police officer was shot to death?
Prosecutors said Harlem Harold Lewis III executed
June 13
TEXAS:
Attorney says she did what she could to help Thuesen
A local attorney who represented Brazos County death row inmate John Thuesen
during his 2010 trial testified Thursday that while there were things she would
do differently in hindsight, she believes she did
May 30
TEXAS:
Official: Texas Can Keep Lethal Drug Source Secret
Texas' prison system doesn't have to reveal where it gets its execution drugs,
the state attorney general said Thursday, marking a reversal by the state's top
prosecutor on an issue being challenged in several death
May 7
TEXASimpending execution
Lawsuit: Controversy should delay Texas execution
Texas prison officials must reveal the source of their lethal injection drugs
to avoid an incident as horrific as last week's bungled execution in
Oklahoma, attorneys for a Texas death row inmate
April 24
TEXAS:
A case to rattle anyone's confidence in Texas' criminal-justice system
Call it the case of the forgotten inmate. Or call it one of those
1-in-a-million deals, to use the words of a former lawyer for the inmate.
Either way, if this one doesn't rattle confidence in
April 23
TEXAS:
Prosecutors highlight killer's 'ugly, vulgar' past as they push for death
penalty
The punishment phase is underway for a convicted killer in McLennan County.
Monday evening, a jury found Carnell Petetan Jr. guilty of capital murder in
the shooting death of his wife,
March 19
TEXASexecution
Rapper who slit studio owner's throat is put to death after saying goodbye to
his daughter in final statement; Ray Jasper was convicted of murdering
recording studio owner David Alejandro in a 1998 robbery
A former San Antonio rapper has been executed for
Jan. 25
TEXAS:
Former JP accused of killing Kaufman DA, wife and top assistant to be tried in
Rockwall County, judge rules
A judge this morning moved a capital murder trial against a former Kaufman
County justice of the peace to Rockwall.
Eric Williams, 46, is accused of killing
Jan. 22
TEXASexecution
Mexican man executed for officer's death
Edgar Tamayo, a Mexican national whose case gained international
attention, was executed here Wednesday for the 1994 murder of a Houston
policeman.
He was put to death at 9:32 p.m., 3 hours after his scheduled
Nov. 21
TEXAS:
DA to seek death penalty in capital murder trial
The prosecutor in the trial of an Amarillo plastic surgeon accused in a
murder-for-hire plot says he'll seek the death penalty.
Lubbock County District Attorney Matt Powell said Wednesday that he'll pursue
the death
Sept. 11
TEXAS:
Woman escapes death penalty; Faces life sentences in infant's death
Central Texas prosecutors have announced they will not seek the death penalty
against a woman previously convicted of killing a 3-month-old child she was
baby-sitting.
Cathy Lynn Henderson was days
June 13
TEXAS:
Defense seeks new judge in Holberg's death penalty case
Attorneys for convicted capital murderer Brittany Holberg are seeking to have
251st District Judge Ana Estevez recused from the case, citing evidence of bias
and claims the judge has denied Holberg full and
June 7
TEXASimpending execution
Chester to die June 12
In all, Elroy Chester is responsible for at least 5 murders - including the
February 1998 murder of a well-regarded Port Arthur fireman, Willie Ryman III,
whom Chester shot after Ryman surprised him during a home invasion;
Jan. 22
TEXAS:
Dallas DA Craig Watkins to push for law allowing appeals based on racial
factors
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins said he plans to advocate for a
state law that would allow criminals to appeal their conviction or sentence on
the grounds that race was a
Jan. 11
TEXAS:
Kerry Max Cook's Exoneration Fight Gets Personal
Kerry Max Cook, who spent 2 decades on death row for a 1977 murder, says Smith
County prosecutors are fighting dirty in their mission to stymie his efforts to
prove his innocence.
In a motion filed Wednesday in Smith
Jan. 4
TEXAS:
Inmate off death row but in limbo for years; He's languished in prison 3
decades after conviction overturned
Jerry Hartfield was still ayoung man when an uncle visited him in prison to
tell him that his murder conviction had been overturned and he would get a new
Dec. 30
TEXAS:
Executions under Rick Perry, 2001-present-253
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982-present492
Perry #scheduled execution date-name-Tx. #
254-January 29Kimberly McCarthy---493
255-February
1 - 100 of 156 matches
Mail list logo
