October 15
TEXASnew death sentence
Ronald Haskell Jr. sentenced to death in fatal shooting of 6 members of
ex-wife's family
Ronald Lee Haskell Jr. has been sentenced to death in the fatal shooting of 6
members of his ex-wife's family in 2014 — which included the execution-style
Oct. 13
TEXAS:
Gov. Abbott, delay this execution
Gov. Greg Abbott, A man’s life now lies in your hands. Spare him.
On Nov. 20, Rodney Reed is to be executed by the state of Texas for a crime we
can no longer be confident he committed. Twenty one years ago, he was convicted
in the 19
October 12
TEXAS:
Dr. Phil On The Upcoming Execution Of Rodney Reed: ‘I Want A Stay Of Execution,
So This Man Can Present The Truth’
Dr. Phil is tackling one of his most important topics yet this week as he
fights on behalf of a man named Rodney Reed who has been on death row for 2
Oct. 11
TEXAS:
The fight to save Rodney Reed from execution in Texas
In 1998, Rodney Reed, who is African-American, was sentenced to death by an
all-white jury in Bastrop, Texas, for the rape and murder of Stacey Stites, a
19-year-old white woman. He's scheduled to be executed on Nov.
Oct. 10
TEXAS:
With a wide variety of headlines dominating both global and domestic news, it
is easy to overlook that today is World Day to Abolish the Death Penalty.
It is clear that since the early 1980s, the majority of the world's nations
have become better educated about the inher
Oct. 8
TEXAS:
Jury deliberates penalty for man convicted of killing 3 people at car wash in
2013
The crime
On Sept. 29, 2013, 3 men were murdered at the Royal Wash Mobile Detailing and
Car Wash Service at 393 Ave E in Stafford. The manager, Harvey Simmons, 34; his
uncle, Johnny Sim
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 dur
Oct. 5
TEXASstay of 2 impending executions
Texas Courts Halt 2 Imminent Executions
Texas state courts have halted the executions of 2 condemned prisoners who had
been facing imminent execution dates. On October 4, 2019, the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals stayed the October 10
Oct. 4
TEXASimpending execution
Next Thursday, 10 October 2019, World Day against the Death Penalty, Randy
Halprin is scheduled to be executed in Texas. The Community of Sant’Egidio has
published an urgent appeal on her website to stop this execution. It can be
sent online to the Te
Oct. 3
TEXAS:
Death Watch: Judge's "Horrible Bigotry" Not Enough to Force New TrialThe
5CA has denied Randy Halprin's plea as his death date nears
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals doesn't dispute that the judge in Randy
Halprin's trial was a racist. But in its Sept. 23 ruli
Oct. 2
TEXAS:
UT Amnesty International chaper holds rally for death row inmate Rodney Reed
The UT Amnesty International chapter held a protest Tuesday at West Mall in
support of Rodney Reed, who was convicted of murder in 1998 and has been on
death row in Texas for 23 years.
Amnesty
Oct. 1
TEXAS:
Jurors to decide if Haskell a future danger to society
Aurielle Lyon sobbed as she identified 4 of her nieces and nephews from their
autopsy photos.
She will never see Bryan Stay, 13, graduate from high school. She won’t watch
Emily, 9, go through childhood with her
Sept. 29
TEXAS:
Texas officer who made headlines for his turban and beard killed in traffic
stop Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal was one of the first to wear the traditional
Sikh articles of faith as part of his uniform
A Texas police officer who made headlines for being one of the firs
Sept. 28
TEXAS:
Utah man convicted in murder of ex-wife's family, faces death penalty
A Utah man, who claimed to hear voices in his head when he killed 6 members of
his former wife’s family in Texas, faces the death penalty after a Houston jury
rejected his insanity defence and found
Sept. 27
TEXAS:
Texas Recently Murdered a Man for a Crime Experts Say He Did Not
CommitLarry Swearingen was put to death for a murder and a rape that the
science says he did not do.
His last words were those of Jesus Christ.
Pious Catholic barbarians say things like, “Oh well!
Sept. 26
TEXASexecution
Texas executes Robert Sparks after brutal deaths of his stepsons,
wifeSparks was convicted in the 2007 stabbing deaths of his family members
in his Dallas home. His lawyers sought to stop his execution with arguments of
intellectual disability and a jury
September 25
TEXASexecution
Texas inmate executed for stabbing 2 stepsons to death
Robert Sparks was executed via lethal injection for the September 2007 killings
of 9-year-old Harold Sublet and 10-year-old Raekwon Agnew in their Dallas home.
A Texas inmate who said he's intell
Sept. 25
TEXASimpending execution
Texas set to execute Robert Sparks after brutal deaths of his stepsons,
wifeSparks was convicted in the 2007 stabbing deaths of his family members
in his Dallas home. His lawyers have sought to stop his execution with
arguments of intellectu
Sept. 24
TEXASimpending execution
North Texas man set to be executed for killing family
A 45-year-old North Texas man who was convicted of murdering his wife and 2
stepsons before raping his stepdaughter is set to be put to death.
Robert Sparks, 45, is scheduled to be executed
Sept. 22
TEXAS:
Rodney Reed's family holds rally, asks for re-trialTexas convicted prisoner
Rodney Reed's execution date is two months away, but his family continues to
protest, hoping to stop the execution scheduled for November.
Rodney Reed's family held a rally in Bastrop o
Sept. 21
TEXAS:
Once his defense, Greco’s sexuality used against him as prosecutors push for
death penalty
When Daniel Greco was first questioned 3 years ago for the murder of Anjanette
Harris and her unborn child, Greco told investigators that he accidentally
killed Harris during
Sept. 20
TEXAS:
1 Year Later: The trial of alleged BP serial killer Juan David Ortiz
Editors Note: 1 year later, the Laredo Morning Times is taking a look at the
fallout from the serial killings that shook the Gateway City to its core last
September. LMT reporters talked to the famil
Sept. 19
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Failures at Trial Anchor Last-Chance Appeal for SparksIf
SCOTUS does not act, Sparks will be the 3rd man executed in Texas this month
Robert Sparks was deep in the throes of a psychotic break at the time of his
crimes – that is n
Sept. 18
TEXAS:
Supporters Rally for New Trial for Rodney Reed, Sentenced to Death by All-White
Jury in ?‘Jim Crow Trial’ in Texas
Supporters of Rodney Reed are calling for a new trial for the Texas death-row
prisoner sentenced to death in 1998 by an all-white jury in a racially cha
Sept. 17
TEXASimpending executions
Stephen Dale Barbee's exertion is scheduled to begin at 6 pm CDT, on Wednesday,
October 2, 2019, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in
Huntsville, Texas. 52-year-old Stephen is convicted of the murder of
34-year-old Lisa Underw
Sept. 16
TEXAS:
Federal defender files claims on behalf of Rubio
An attorney representing convicted child killer John Allen Rubio wants the
conviction tossed, claiming Rubio’s appointed defense did not represent him
properly and that his case was handled by a district attorney that w
Sept. 14
TEXAS:
Death penalty waived in Royse City capital murder caseThe office of Hunt
County District Attorney Noble D. Walker Jr. has waived the death penalty in
connection with a capital murder case out of Royse City.
2 men will not be sentenced to death by lethal injectio
Sept. 13
TEXAS:
El Paso shooting: Prosecutor plans to pursue death penalty after capital murder
indictment
The man accused of opening fire in an El Paso, Texas, Walmart, killing 22
people and wounding several others, has been indicted on a capital murder
charge, the El Paso County D
Sept. 12
TEXAS:
Family and nun fight for retrial as man convicted by all-white jury faces death
Supporters of Rodney Reed, scheduled for execution in November, point to
racial bias and questionable evidence
“He never had a chance.” That’s what Sandra Reed said at the start of a
Sept. 11
TEXASexecution
Texas Inmate Mark Soliz Executed for 2010 Killing“I want to apologize for
the grief and the pain that I caused y’all,” he said before receiving a lethal
injection.
A Texas death-row inmate convicted of murdering a 61-year-old woman during a
robbery i
Sept. 10
TEXASexecution
Texas executes Mark Soliz for a 2010 Johnson County slaying. He said fetal
alcohol disorder should have excluded him from death.
Soliz and another man were convicted in the shooting death of a Johnson County
woman during a robbery in her home. His lawyers
Sept. 10
TEXASimpending execution
Federal Court Denies Stay for Texas Prisoner with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Mark Soliz, who is scheduled for execution in Texas on September 10, 2019, was
denied a stay and an opportunity to present a new argument related to mental
impairments that his
Sept. 10
TEXASimpending execution
Mark Soliz is set to be executed for a 2010 North Texas slaying. He's said
fetal alcohol disorder should exclude him from death.Soliz and another man
were convicted in the shooting death of a Johnson County woman during a robbery
in her home. H
Sept. 9
TEXAS:
Forensic testing backlog at issue in RGV courts
Gabriel Keith Escalante has been incarcerated in Hidalgo County for 18 months.
His chances of making the $1.25 million bond on charges of capital murder of
multiple persons are slim to none.
And as he sits behind bars,
Sept. 8
TEXAS:
County may renew membership in death penalty defender program
The Hunt County Commissioners Court is scheduled this week to renew the
county’s membership in a program which helps pay for defense attorneys in death
penalty capital murder cases.
A vote to approve the r
Sept. 7
TEXASimpending executions
Convicted killer of 2 set for execution
Fort Worth attorney Greg Westfall labeled Mark Anthony Soliz the “poster child
for how stupid the death penalty is.” Former Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford
called Soliz one of the most dangerous men he ev
Sept. 6
TEXASimpending execution
Jews call to halt death row inmate's execution, citing antisemitism Mr.
Halprin was referred to as a “fn’ Jew” and a “G*n k**e,” Halprin’s
attorney, Tivon Schardl, said in a statement.
A number of Jewish groups and lawyers are urging
September 4
TEXASexecution
Texas executes Billy Crutsinger in Fort Worth slayings of two elderly women
Crutsinger had pushed to stop his execution based on claims of bad lawyering
during his trial and in the appellate process.
In 2003, an 89-year-old woman and her 71-year-old dau
Sept. 4
TEXASimpending execution
Texas set to execute Billy Crutsinger in Fort Worth slayings of 2 elderly
womenCrutsinger has pushed to stop his execution based on claims of bad
lawyering during his trial and in the appellate process.
In 2003, an 89-year-old woman and her 7
Sept. 3
TEXASimpending execcution
Fort Worth man who stabbed 2 elderly women set to be executed
A 64-year-old Fort Worth man could be days from facing death.
Billy Jack Crutsinger, who stabbed an elderly mother and daughter after he
entered their home on the pretense of doing re
August 29
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Crutsinger Seeks Last-Ditch SCOTUS AppealFollowing the Aug. 21
execution of Larry Swearingen, Crutsinger could be the fifth Texan killed this
year
By all prior accounts, Billy Crutsinger confessed to the double homicide of
Pearl
August 27
TEXAS:
Capital murder indictments issued in Royse City shooting deaths
2 men have been indicted on charges of capital murder in connection with the
February homicides of 2 people in Royse City.
The current edition of the Hunt County grand jury returned the indictments
Fr
August 25
TEXAS:
Texas Trooper passes away from surgery complications following April shooting
Our sister station, KVEO has learned that Texas DPS Trooper Moises Sanchez has
passed away.
Trooper Sanchez was re-admitted to surgery then went into critical condition
earlier in the wee
August 24
TEXASnew execution date
Judge Sets Execution Date For 'Texas 7' Inmate Patrick Murphy
A Dallas County judge has set the new execution date for 'Texas 7' inmate
Patrick Murphy.
The judge set the new date for November 13th.
Murphy was minutes away from execution in Ma
August 23
TEXASnew execution date
Patrick Murphy has been given an execution date of November 13; the date should
be considered serious.
(sources: TDCJ & Rick Halperin)
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August 22
TEXAS:execution
Texas death row inmate Larry Ray Swearingen maintains innocence until his
execution
A Texas death row inmate continued to maintain his innocence up until he was
executed Wednesday.
Larry Ray Swearingen was executed at 6:47 p.m. for the death of 19-year
August 21
TEXASexecution
Texas executed Larry Swearingen for a 1998 Texas slaying. His lawyer says bad
science got him on death row.
Swearingen consistently maintained his innocence in the strangling death of
19-year-old Melissa Trotter. Texas prosecutors, however, had no doubt
August 21
TEXASimpending execution
After 19 Years On Death Row, Could Time Be Up For Larry Swearingen?
Convicted killer Larry Swearingen is scheduled to be executed Wednesday. It was
almost 20 years ago that Swearingen was found guilty of the abduction, rape and
strangulation of Mo
August 21
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Inmate Larry Swearingen To Be Executed Wednesday For Rape, Murder Of
College Student Melissa Trotter
A Texas death row inmate is set to be executed Wednesday for the abduction,
rape and murder of a Houston area college student more than 20
August 20
TEXASimpending execution
Death row inmate Larry Swearingen denied clemency before Wednesday execution
Montgomery County’s only death row prisoner lost a long-shot bid for clemency
Monday, just over 48 hours before he is scheduled for execution.
For convicted killer Lar
August 19
TEXASimpending execution
The Role Of Scientific Forensic Evidence Questioned In Pending Texas Execution
Larry Swearingen is scheduled to be executed Wednesday by the State of Texas.
It was 19 years ago that Swearingen was convicted of the abduction, rape and
murder of Mel
August 18
TEXASimpending execution
Texas death row inmate maintains innocence as latest execution date looms
"On December 8, 1998, Swearingen kidnapped and strangled a 19-year-old white
female."
This short statement is what you'll find under Larry Swearingen's death row
record f
August 16
TEXAS:
Texas to seek death penalty for MMA fighter accused of double homicide
Cedric Marks was indicted on 2 counts of capital murder earlier this year. He
has plead not guilty to those charges.
According to USA Today prosecutors in Bell County, TX are planning to seek the
August 15
TEXASstay of impending execution
Federal court stops execution of Dexter Johnson within 24 hours of his
scheduled deathIn his recent appeals, Johnson has claimed he is
intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for the death penalty. He was
convicted of a double
August 14
TEXAS:
Prosecutors seek death penalty against man accused in murder of Temple friends
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man accused in the brutal murder
of 2 Temple friends in January, KXAN’s sister station KWKT confirmed Tuesday.
Cedric Marks, 45, faces 2 capita
August 13
TEXAS:
DA to seek death penalty for Cedric Marks
The Bell County District Attorney’s office will seek the death penalty for
Cedric Marks if he is convicted.
"We have filed with the district clerk our notice that we will seek the death
penalty in the Cedric Marks case, in c
August 12
TEXAS:
Routier defense can explore evidence
A judge in Dallas County, Texas, has issued an order giving defense attorneys
representing Darlie Routier, a former Altoona woman on death row for the 1996
murder of one of her young sons, access to the district attorney’s files
August 10
TEXAS:
County Commissioner Proposes Moratorium on Capital Prosecutions in Dallas,
Texas
A Dallas, Texas, county commissioner has called for a two-year halt on
death-penalty trials, saying it would give the county time to study the
financial and ethical costs of capital
August 9
TEXASnew execution date
Local death row inmate set with execution date
District Attorney Randall Sims came forward with an official execution date for
the ongoing death penalty case for Travis Runnels.
Runnels has been on death row for 13 years for the murder of a prison
August 8
TEXAS:
2-year moratorium on death penalty proposedKoch suggests plant ot study
financial, social moral costs of sentence
A Dallas County commissioner raised the idea of putting a 2-year local
moratorium on the use of the death penalty to give the county time to study t
August 4
TEXAS:
El Paso Shooting: 21-Year-Old Suspect Patrick Crusius Likely to Face Capital
Murder Charges
The El Paso, Texas Walmart shooting suspect could face capital charges
following an investigation, officials said during a press conference late
Saturday. Police have not con
August 1
TEXAS:
US prosecutor seeking death penalty for suspected Kenyan serial killer
A United States prosecutor has revealed intentions to seek the death penalty
for a Kenyan immigrant facing charges of murdering 12 elderly women in the
Texas counties of Dallas and Collin.
Th
July 30
TEXAS:
DA's Office Seeking Death Penalty Against Alleged North Side Murderer
The man who is charged with shooting and burning 2 men in Northern San Angelo
may get the death penalty.
In the early morning of March 20 police responded to 4800 block of North
Chadbourne where
July 27
TEXAS:
Like with Dallas' serial murder suspect, DAs seek death penalty when crimes are
'heinous enough'
After Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot's decision this week to seek
the death penalty for serial murder suspect Billy Chemirmir, current and former
top
July 25
TEXAS:
Prosecutors to seek death penalty against accused serial killer of elderly
peopleBilly Chemirmir is linked to the deaths of 19 people, according to
criminal court records and civil lawsuits.
Dallas County prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for a 46-year-
July 24
TEXASdeath row inmate, foreign national, dies
Mexican national on Texas death row dies of cardiac arrest
After more than 2 decades on Texas death row, a Mexican national convicted of
killing 3 teens in El Paso died in bed early Sunday of cardiac arrest, a prison
spokesman
July 21
TEXASimpending executions
Dexter Darnell Johnson's execution is scheduled to occur at 6 pm CDT, on
Thursday, August 15, 2019, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State
Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. 31-year-old Dexter is convicted of the
murder of 23-year-old Maria Ap
July 19
TEXAS:
After defeats in 2019, a group of Texas lawmakers is teaming up to push
criminal justice reformThe new Criminal Justice Reform Caucus in the Texas
House will set its sights on changes in 2021.
Lawmakers entered 2019 with high hopes that they could change Texas'
July 17
TEXAS:
Execution Alert -- Call to Action for Larry Swearingen
Larry Swearingen is scheduled to be murdered by the State of Texas on August
21st, 2019. Larry Swearingen was sentenced to death although no biological
material recovered from the scene contained any conclusive li
July 16
TEXAS:
State files a motion to set Rodney Reed’s execution for November
The state has filed a motion to schedule an execution date for death-row inmate
Rodney Reed, calling for him to be put to death on Nov. 20, 2019.
Reed’s attorney, Bryce Benjet, then filed a motion of hi
July 12
TEXAS:
Texas took a decade of Alfred Brown's life. It's time to pay him back.
After wrongfully convicting Alfred Brown and keeping him behind bars for 12
years, the state should stop trying to sweep him under the rug.
Brown was sent to death row in 2005 for the 2003 murder
July 11
TEXAS:
San Antonio man facing death row in killing of 2 teens in 2015 takes plea
A San Antonio man facing death in the killings of two teenagers in 2015 entered
a guilty plea Wednesday and was sentenced to life in prison without the
possibility of parole.
It was about a
July 9
TEXASnew execution date
Execution date set for ‘Texas 7’ prisoner who accused judge of anti-Semitism
A “Texas 7” escapee who filed an appeal alleging his trial judge was racist and
anti-Semitic is now scheduled for execution this year, despite 2 pending legal
claims stil
July 6
TEXAS:
Mexican man charged in crash that left 6 dead
A 23-year-old Mexican man has been arrested and charged with smuggling migrants
in a run that ended death for 6 migrants.
A statement Friday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Corpus Christi says Ivan
Dario Puga-Moreno o
July 3
TEXAS:
Death penalty dropped for man charged in murder of Breanna Wood
Prosecutors say they will no longer be seeking the death penalty against the
main suspect in the death of 21 year old Breanna Wood, though there is no clear
indication as to why.
Wood's body was found in
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
June 29
TEXAS2 new execution dates
Execution dates set for 2 more Texas death row prisoners
2 more Texas death row prisoners — a North Texas man man who stabbed his family
and an Aryan gang member from El Paso who strangled a woman — are now scheduled
for execution this year.
June 28
TEXASnew death sentence
Nueces County jury sentences man to death in West Texas deputy's 2013 slaying
A Nueces County jury convicted Gary David Green on June 18 of capital murder in
connection with the death of Upton County deputy Billy "Bubba" Kennedy.
The same jury han
June 26
TEXAS:
State Won't Compensate Wrongly Convicted Ex-Death Row InmateThe Texas state
comptroller has denied compensation to a man who served 12 years on death row
for a murder prosecutors and a judge have said he didn't commit.
The Texas state comptroller has denied compen
June 21
TEXAS:
Tarrant County man faces death penalty, accused of killing ex-girlfriend and
her young daughter
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a Euless man accused in the
2018 strangulation of his ex-girlfriend and her 10-year-old daughter in an east
Fort Worth ap
June 20
TEXASnew execution date
Randall Mays has received an execution date for October 16; it should be
considered serious.
(source: MC/RH)
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June 19
TEXAS:
How many doses of lethal injection drugs does Texas have?
With execution drugs in short supply across the nation and increasing secrecy
about the companies that provide them, The Texas Tribune is keeping track of
movement in the state’s supply.
06 doses expire June
June 13
TEXAS:
Patrick Murphy: the story of the ‘Texas 7’ murderer on death row featured in
the ITV documentary Countdown to ExecutionThe convicted murderer is still
waiting for his execution date
Patrick Murphy – 1 member of the Texas 7 – has been waiting on death row for
year
June 12
TEXAS:
Texas 7 inmate says judge who sent him to death row is a bigot, so he deserves
a new trial
An inmate condemned to die for his role in the Texas 7 prison escape says the
Dallas judge who put him on death row is a bigot and a racist who should have
recused himself f
June 11
TEXAS:
Complaint Alleges that Prosecutor in Alfred Dewayne Brown’s Case Knowingly Hid
Evidence of Innocence
A special prosecutor in Harris County, Texas, has filed a complaint with the
Texas State Bar Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel against former Assistant
District A
June 1
TEXASinmate removed from death row
Former death row killer who targeted gay men in 1980s gets life sentences
A former Charles Manson follower linked to a string of gay hate crimes in the
1980s won an appeal and has been let off death row, but under a new plea deal
will st
May 27
MAY 27, 2019:
TEXAS:
Despite bipartisan support, Texas bill tackling intellectual disability in
death penalty cases failsNegotiators in the House and Senate couldn't come
to an agreement on a bill addressing how Texas handles capital murder
defendants who may be intellec
May 25
TEXAS:
Lawmakers to negotiate key death penalty provision
A bill that would prevent people with intellectual disabilities from being
sentenced to death, in the works since 2003, will go to negotiations after the
Senate removed a provision requiring a disability determination h
May 23
TEXAS:
Death Penalty Reform Bill Gets Watered Down to ‘Nothing’ Before Passing
SenateAfter passing the House, HB 1139, meant to reform how Texas decides
whether a defendant is too intellectually disabled to execute, was
significantly softened in Senate committee.
A House
May 22
TEXAS:
Supreme Court Denies Review in Death-Penalty Case Where Texas Judge
Rubberstamped Prosecution’s Findings
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a case in which the Texas courts
decided a death-row prisoner’s appeal by adopting the prosecution’s fact
findings and
May 21
TEXAS:
Texas House initially passes "Lauren's Law"
"Lauren's Law" named in honor of the Lauren Landavazo who was killed 2 1/2
years ago in Wichita Falls is one step closer to the desk of Governor Greg
Abbott.
Monday evening the Texas House voted for the legislation that coul
May 19
TEXAS:
Cameron Todd Willingham's Ex-Wife Changed Her Opinion After The Events Shown In
Trial By Fire
One of the most fascinating yet heartbreaking events in America’s legal system
history is brought to the big screen with Trial By Fire. The film, based on the
2009 New Yorker
May 18
TEXAS:
Did Texas execute an innocent man? Film revisits a haunting question.
Texans will have an opportunity to revisit a question that should haunt anyone
who believes in the integrity of our criminal justice system: Did our state
execute an innocent man? The new film “Trial b
May 17
TEXASnew execution date
Houston death row inmate with brain damage scheduled for execution in August
A Harris County judge on Thursday set an August execution date for Dexter
Darnell Johnson, the brain-damaged Houston man who narrowly avoided the death
chamber last mo
May 16
TEXASfilm review
‘Trial by Fire’ Review: A Strong Case Against the Death Penalty
Like the 1995 picture “Dead Man Walking,” “Trial by Fire” was created by
filmmakers who believe that capital punishment is barbaric both as policy and
in practice. This fact-based film takes t
May 14
TEXAS:
The DissenterTexas’ highest criminal court turned Elsa Alcala into one of
the state’s most prominent death penalty critics.
Elsa Alcala began her legal career in the Harris County DA’s office, joining a
prosecutorial machine famous for cranking out death sentences
May 12
TEXAS:
Shooting suspect's girlfriend arrested in slaying of El Paso County Deputy
Peter Herrera
The girlfriend of the man charged in the shooting death of El Paso County
sheriff's Deputy Peter Herrera also has been arrested and charged in his
slaying, officials announced Satu
May 11
TEXASnew execution date
Fort Worth man convicted of killing pregnant girlfriend gets October execution
date
A Fort Worth man convicted of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her
7-year-old son more than 10 years ago now has an execution date scheduled for
October.
Stephe
May 10
TEXAS:
Execution date set in decades-old murder
A man convicted of brutally murdering an elderly woman more than 2 decades ago
has received another execution date.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has set 41-year-old Ruben Gutierrez’s
execution for July 31.
Gutier
May 9
TEXAS:
Court upholds capital murder conviction and death sentence for Joseph Colone
A Texas court has upheld the capital murder conviction and death sentence for a
man who killed a mother and daughter.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday and denied the appeal of
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