Jan. 15
TEXAS:
Texas will consider death penalty for repeat sexual predators
Texas lawmakers are talking tough about cracking down on sexual predators
who prey on children. Some propose the death penalty for repeat offenders,
potentially creating hundreds more death row inmates in a state
Nov. 9
TEXASexecution
Convicted serial rapist executed for killing teacher
In Huntsville, a convicted serial rapist was executed tonight for the
strangling and attempted rape of a suburban Houston elementary school
teacher 12 years ago.
His voice choked with emotion, Charles Daniel Th
Sept. 12
TEXASimpending female execution
Does she deserve to die? Well, her trial lawyer doesn't know
Maybe Frances Newton shot her husband and two children to death in 1987.
Maybe she didn't. The public cannot be certain of her guilt, but she's
going to die for the crime anyway.
Ne
July 15
TEXAS:
URGENT ACTION APPEAL
UA 222/04 Death penalty / Legal concern
July 15, 2004
USA (Texas)
Robert Aaron Acuna (m), Latino, aged 18
At a trial about to begin in Harris County, Texas, the
prosecution is intending to seek a death sentence against
Robert Acuna for a crime he
June 24
TEXAS/MEXICO:
Fox meets with Perry in Mexico
Mexican President Vicente Fox met behind closed doors with Texas Gov. Rick
Perry to discuss a variety of issues.
Fox and Perry spoke Wednesday about Mexico's water debt to the United
States, interruptions of U.S. livestock shipments and