May 6
TEXAS:
Houston confidence up with employment rateSurvey sees traffic as top
problem for 6th consecutive year
Public confidence in the Houston area's economy and job opportunities has
improved in the past year as the unemployment rate has dropped, the 2005
Houston Area Survey
death penalty news
May 19, 2005
TEXAS --- execution:
Texas Carries Out Seventh Execution Of 2005 Wednesday
Death row inmate Bryan Wolfe, 44, was executed just after 6 p.m. Wednesday
in Huntsville for the 1992 slaying of an 84-year-old woman who was stabbed
26 times during a robbery at her
July 7
TEXASstay of impending execution
Supreme Court stays execution of San Antonio killer
The U.S. Supreme Court has put on hold the execution of a San Antonio man
while the justices decide whether to consider issues he raised on appeal.
Troy Kunkle had been scheduled to die
Oct. 10
TEXASnew execution date
New execution date set in 1984 murderKunkle convicted of killing
Steven Horton
A San Antonio man whose execution was stayed hours before he was scheduled
to be put to death now faces a new date with death for the 1984 murder of
a Corpus Christi
Oct. 16
TEXAS:
The Community Speaks Up: Cheers and Jeers
Cheers To the Texas Democratic Party and our local candidates standing on
the Texas Democratic platform. Concerning capital punishment, the party
platform states: In order to promote public confidence in the fairness of
the Texas
Oct. 19
TEXAS:
Death penalty sought for suspect in 4 killings
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a man they say strangled
a young woman and 3 other females over a 9-year span.
An attorney for Anthony Allen Shore, however, says prosecutors have proof
problems in their case
Dec. 3
TEXAS:
Condemned Texas Woman Maintains Innocence
The last time Frances Newton saw her husband and 2 children alive was
April 7, 1987, 5 days before her 22nd birthday.
She says she went out with a cousin to run a few errands, then came back
to her Houston-area apartment to find
Dec. 7
TEXAS:
Court backs project probing innocence claims
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, after years of criticism for favoring
prosecutors, is supporting a proposal for a project using law students to
investigate prisoners' claims they were wrongfully convicted.
The project could
Dec. 16
TEXAS:
1st of 12 suspects found guilty in gang massacre
In Edinburg, the 1st of 12 suspected gang members to be tried in the fatal
shooting of 6 men in an apparent battle over drugs was convicted of
capital murder.
Jurors deliberated about 5 hours Wednesday night before
Jan. 3
TEXASimpending execution//volunteer
Convicted killer ready to die Tuesday
Convicted killer James Porter figured he did society a favor by fatally
beating a child molester even though he wound up on death row for the
slaying.
Now he believes he's doing himself a favor by
Jan. 6
TEXAS:
Andrea Yates' conviction thrown out
The Texas First Court of Appeals reversed today the capital murder
conviction of Clear Lake mom Andrea Yates, who's serving a life sentence
for drowning her children in a bathtub.
The 3-member appeals court granted Yates motion to have
Jan. 7
TEXAS:
Set the Bar Higher: False witness rightly cancels Yates conviction
No matter what you believe about Andrea Yates - guilty of capital murder
or innocent by insanity - it's hard to argue with the Houston appeals
court that threw out her conviction and life sentence yesterday
Jan. 18
TEXAS:
No verdict in Vela trial; jury to reconvene today
After about 5 hours of deliberating on the fate of capital murder
defendant Juan Joey Vela, jurors on Monday were sent home and will
continue deliberations today, KRIS 6 News reported.
Vela, 24, is accused of killing his
Jan. 31
TEXAS:
Luna set to appear at murder hearing
Juan Manuel Luna, a suspected Texas Syndicate prison gang member accused
of the 2002 murder of Manuel Rivera III, is scheduled to appear at 9 a.m.
today in 242nd District Court for a plea agreement hearing.
Hale County District
Feb. 9
TEXAS:
Study Examines Mental Status and Childhood Backgrounds of Juveniles on
Death Row
A recent study of 18 juvenile offenders on death row in Texas found that
nearly all participants experienced serious head traumas in childhood and
adolescence, came from extremely violent
March 10
TEXAS:
Survey: Texans back Supreme Court's juvenile death penalty ruling
Texans firmly support the death penalty but a majority agrees with last
week's U.S. Supreme Court decision that bars execution of people convicted
for crimes when they were under the age of 18, according to
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