May 8
TEXAS:
Lawmaker right to demand change in execution-day procedures
State Sen. John Whitmire is calling on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
to make a change to its execution-day procedures following the execution of a
man sentenced to die for the gruesome modern-day lyn
May 7
TEXAS:
FBI releases details in investigation, shooting that led to Fort Worth
officer’s deathSince 2016 police have traveled cross country to highlight
lives and families of officers who died in the line of duty. This year,
Cannonball Memorial Run stopped in Fort Worth to hon
May 3
TEXASnew execution date
Brownsville death row inmate who won stay last year now scheduled for execution
in July
A Texas death row inmate who won a stay of execution last year after a
last-minute change of attorney is now scheduled to die in July, according to a
prison spoke
May 3
TEXAS-new execution date
North Texas man convicted of killing Godley woman during crime spree gets
September execution date
A North Texas man sentenced to die for killing a 61-year-old woman during a
2010 crime spree is now scheduled for execution later this year.
A Jo
May 2
TEXAS:
Remorseless Statement Released After Texas Death Row Inmate Executed for Hate
Crime
The Texas prison system recently read out a remorseless statement by John
William King, the man who was executed on April 24 for orchestrating one of the
most gruesome hate crimes in U.S
May 1
TEXAS stay of impending execution
Federal judge grants Houston death row inmate Dexter Johnson a stay 2 days
before execution
Shortly after losing a long-shot bid for clemency, Houston-area death row
prisoner Dexter Johnson won a stay some 48 hours before he was scheduled t
April 30
TEXAS:
Texas House offers a new way to determine whether a defendant has intellectual
disabilities — and is ineligible for executionThe lower chamber gave
initial approval to a bill creating a pretrial process to determine if a
capital murder defendant is intellectually dis
April 29
TEXAS:
Buddhist Inmate Ready To Die As Court Considers Limits Of Religious Freedom In
Texas
When the state of Texas tried to execute Patrick Murphy on March 28, the U.S.
Supreme Court stepped in. The high court ruled that the execution was
unconstitutional. But it wasn't b
April 28
TEXASimpending execution
Dexter Darnell Johnson's execution is scheduled to occur at 6 pm CDT, on
Thursday, May 2, 2019, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary
in Huntsville, Texas. 30-old Dexter is convicted of the murder of 23-year-old
Maria Aparece and
April 27
TEXASMichigan female may face death penalty
Muskegon woman could face death penalty if convicted of 2 Texas murders
A Muskegon woman faces the death penalty if convicted of 2 murders in Texas for
which her boyfriend, a mixed-martial arts fighter, also is charged.
Maya R
April 26
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Was Dexter Johnson Condemned by His Own Attorney?Inmate's new
co-counsel seeks to terminate longtime attorney for bad lawyering
Dexter Johnson isn't going to die without a fight. The 30-year-old, who suffers
from brain damage an
April 25
TEXASexecution
Texas executes John William King in racist dragging death of James Byrd
Jr.King and 2 other white men were convicted in the brutal East Texas
murder of Byrd, who was black. King was the 2nd man executed for the crime;
another man is serving a life sentenc
April 24
TEXASexecution
2nd man executed for 1998 dragging death of James Byrd Jr.
The man sentenced to death for one of the most gruesome murders in modern
American history showed no remorse before his execution.
John William King was executed by the Texas State Penitentiary in
April 24
TEXASimpending execution
Texas execution set for John William King in racist dragging death of James
Byrd Jr.King and 2 other white men were convicted in the brutal East Texas
murder of Byrd, who was black. King has claimed he's innocent and hopes the
U.S. Supreme Court
April 23
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Board of Pardons and Parole denies John William King 120 day reprieve
The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole voted 7-0 Monday afternoon not to
recommend a 120 day reprieve to John William King, convicted and sentenced to
death for the capit
April 22
TEXASimpending execution
Jasper awaits execution of James Byrd slayer
James Byrd Jr. told his family that he would “put Jasper, Texas, on the map”
one day, and he did.
“He thought it would be because of his music,” said Louvon Harris, one of his
sisters, recalling the
April 21
TEXAS:
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present42
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-560
Abbott#scheduled execution date-nameTx. #
43-Apr. 24John King---561
44-May 2-
April 20
TEXASimpending execution
The Lynching of James Byrd Jr.: 2 Decades Ago This Racist Murder Shocked
America. Now His Killer Faces Execution
For the past 2 decades, John William King has sat on death row in Texas,
waiting to die for his part in an atrocious hate crime that
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
April 18
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: King Set to Die for James Byrd LynchingLast-minute appeal
seeks new trial as King maintains his innocence
Only 2 of 2019's 5 (so far) scheduled executions have taken place; the Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals granted Mark Roberts
April 15
TEXASimpending execution
Final Execution Set in James Byrd Jr.'s 1998 Murder Case
On a spring night 21 years ago, James Byrd Jr. was looking for a ride back to
his Jasper, Texas, home. The men who offered it to him viciously murdered Byrd
in a crime that shocked the nat
April 14
TEXAS:
Department of Criminal Justice should permit clergy in execution chamber
Whatever Texans think of the death penalty – and most vigorously support it –
we've never questioned the right of condemned prisoners to have a clergy member
in the execution chamber.
Never, un
April 13
TEXAS:
Texas Supreme Court rules supplier of death penalty drug can remain secret
The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that suppliers of drugs used for execution
can remain secret.
The court backed the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and overturned a
lower court’s ruli
April 12
TEXAS:
Judge rules state can seek death penalty in capital murder trial for
Zavala-Garcia, who is accused of killing 10-year-old
The judge who is presiding over Gustavo Zavala-Garcia's capital murder trial
ruled Thursday the state can seek the death penalty.
Zavala-Garcia
April 11
TEXAS:
GOP Texas lawmaker reintroduces bill to allow death penalty for women who have
abortions
A Republican state lawmaker in Texas has reintroduced a bill that would
criminalize abortion without exception, making it possible for women to be
convicted of homicide and se
April 9
TEXASstay of impending execution
Appeals court stays Texas man's execution over claims of defense lawyer's
'racist ideology'
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday stayed the execution of a white
Dallas death row prisoner who argued that his trial attorney relied
April 7
TEXAS:
The death row killers who refused to die quietly and had to be gassed out of
their cells then strapped down during executionFormer crime reporter
Michelle Lyons, who witnessed nearly 300 executions in Texas, US, reveals the
desperate acts of death row prisoners who r
April 4
TEXAS:
Texas bars all spiritual advisers from death chambers after Supreme Court order
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will bar chaplains, ministers and
spiritual advisers from execution chambers in the wake of a Supreme Court
ruling last week that halted the executio
April 3
TEXASimpending execution
Dallas death row prisoner files appeal over trial attorney’s ‘racist ideology’
A Dallas County man scheduled to die this month for a 1989 triple killing is
now lobbing a last-minute appeal arguing that his trial lawyer relied on
"racist ideology" t
April 1
TEXASimpending executions
Texas Gives Mark Robertson Execution Date of April 11, 2019
Mark Allen Robertson is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm CDT, on Thursday,
April 11, 2019, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in
Huntsville, Texas. 50-year-old Mark is
March 30
TEXAS:
Brett Kavanaugh Explains Why He Voted to Grant Buddhist Inmate's Stay of
ExecutionThe Supreme Court ruled 7–2 Thursday night to grant Patrick
Murphy's petition for a stay.
Patrick Murphy, whose case I wrote about yesterday, was convicted under Texas'
law of partie
March 29
TEXASstay of execution
Supreme Court halts execution of Texas inmate seeking to allow Buddhist
spiritual adviser in death chamber
The Supreme Court agreed Thursday night to halt the execution of a Texas
inmate, Patrick Henry Murphy, after he argued that the state was ref
March 28
TEXASstay of execution
Supreme Court blocks execution of Texas 7 lookout
The second-to-last surviving member of the Texas 7 prison escapees who murdered
an Irving police officer won a reprieve from his execution Thursday night.
The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the leth
March 28
TEXASimpending execution
Board Denies Clemency for Texas Man Convicted Under Law of Parties Who Was Not
Present When Killing Occurred
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency for Patrick Murphy
(pictured) on March 27, 2019, moving the state one step closer
March 27
TEXAS:
Man sent to death row for murdering Dallas officer could get punishment changed
The widow of murdered Dallas Police Officer Brian Jackson is angry that the
killer's death sentence may soon be changed to life without parole.
The move comes after a ruling by the U.S. Su
March 26
TEXASimpending execution
Lookout Man for 'Texas 7' Set for ExecutionPending final appeals, Patrick
Murphy, who was convicted under the controversial law of parties after playing
lookout during a deadly store robbery, is set to be executed on Thursday at the
Huntsville
March 25
TEXAS:
A courageous decision
Re: "DA: Officer's killer should not be executed," Thursday Metro & Business.
I am writing to acknowledge and support Dallas County District Attorney John
Creuzot's decision to spare the life of Juan Lizcano, an intellectually
disabled man who m
March 21
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: “Texas 7” Member Contests “Law of Parties”A robbery ended in a
police officer death while Patrick Murphy waited outside. Current Texas law
holds him responsible.
If the state has its way, 57-year-old Patrick Murphy of "Texas 7"
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 exec
March 19
TEXAS:
Lawmakers consider death penalty procedures
A bill filed in the Texas House would require a judge, when the death penalty
is on the table, to determine before the case is tried whether a defendant has
an intellectual disability, a change in procedure that has garnered
March 16
TEXASnew execution date
6th execution date set for convicted Montgomery County killer Larry Swearingen
For the 6th time, the state of Texas is set to execute convicted killer Larry
Ray Swearingen, a Willis man convicted of slaughtering Montgomery County
college student M
March 4
TEXASimpending execution
"Texas 7" Inmate Patrick Murphy, Jr., Given Execution Date of March 28, 2019
Patrick Henry Murphy, Jr., is scheduled to be executed on 6pm CDT, on Thursday,
March 28, 2019, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in
Huntsville, Texas
March 3
TEXAS:
Texas still doesn’t have a law on intellectual disability and the death
penalty. Will that change this year?
Texas judges have begged the state Legislature for years to come up with a
process for determining whether death penalty defendants are intellectually
disable
March 2
TEXAS:
Prosecutor declares freed Texas death row inmate Alfred Dewayne Brown innocent,
paving way for state compensationBrown was freed from nearly a decade on
death row in 2015, but because he was never declared "actually innocent," he
couldn't get compensation for wrongfu
March 1
TEXASexecution
Man executed in Texas for killing estranged wife’s family
A Texas inmate was executed Thursday evening for the killings nearly 30 years
ago of his estranged wife's parents and her brother, who was a police officer.
Billie Wayne Coble received lethal inject
February 28
TEXASexecution
Texas executes man for killing wife's family
A Texas inmate has been executed nearly 30 years after killing his estranged
wife's parents and her brother, who was a police officer.
Billie Wayne Coble received lethal injection Thursday evening at the sta
February 28
TEXASimpending execution
Billie Coble scheduled to become oldest man executed in Texas during modern era
of the death penaltyCoble, 70, was sentenced to death nearly 30 years ago
in a 1989 triple murder near Waco. He is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop
his execut
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 25
TEXAS:
Texas Rebuffed On Mental Fitness Review For Death Row
A Texas court relied on outdated and stereotypical rationales to determine that
a death row inmate who struggled as a teenager to grasp basic math was not
intellectually disabled and should be executed, the U.S.
February 24
TEXAS:
Hearings rescheduled for 3 men accused of murdering Tyler gas station clerk
Hearings for 3 men accused of murdering a Tyler gas station clerk in 2017 have
been rescheduled.
According to Smith County judicial records, Lamarcus Hannah, 32; Kedarias
Oliver, 23; and
February 23
TEXAS:
‘Violent death’: Man accused of killing 2-year-old daughter with hammer
A Texas man who is charged in the "violent death" of his 2-year-old daughter
appeared in court this week, KHOU reported.
Yovahnis Roque has been charged with capital murder after allegedly kil
February 22
TEXAS:
Texas man confesses to beating daughter, 2, to death with hammer
An office’s body camera recorded the confession Tuesday from Yovahnis Roque,
26, in the death of the girl in a home in Orange, the affidavit says.
Police say the toddler’s body was found in a closet.
February 21
TEXASimpending execution Death Watch: Flawed Testimony Cited to Challenge
Death SentenceBillie Coble challenges 2nd death sentence
Billie Coble, 70, has already evaded death once. In 2007, the U.S. 5th Court of
Appeals granted him a punishment-phase retrial, but he
February 20
TEXASdeath sentence overturned
Supreme Court reverses death sentence for Texas inmate
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a man on death row in Texas is
intellectually disabled and therefore cannot receive the death penalty.
The justices ruled 6-3 in favor
February 19
TEXASimpending execution
Local man convicted of killing 3 scheduled to die
Billy Wayne Coble, 70, who was convicted of the 1989 slayings of his
brother-in-law Bobby Vicha, a Waco police sergeant, and Vicha’s parents in
Axtell, is set to die on Feb. 28, having exhausted
February 17
TEXAS:
Wilkins-Dember, champion of racial justice, dies at 89
Jean Wilkins-Dember, a fierce champion for racial justice and passionate Third
Ward community organizer, died last week at the age of 89.
Wilkins-Dember served a founding member of the National Black United Fr
February 16
TEXASimpending execution
Coble execution on for Feb. 28 after Texas high court denies stayBillie
Wayne Coble was sentenced to death in the 1989 killings of his wife’s parents
and brother in Axtell.
Triple murderer Billie Wayne Coble is likely headed for the execu
February 11
TEXAS:
Texas Gives Billie (Billy) Coble Execution Date of February 28, 2019
Billie (Billy) Wayne Coble is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm CST, on
Thursday, February 28, 2019, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State
Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. Seventy-year-old
February 6
TEXAS:
DNA testing results released on death row case of Larry Swearingen
More than a year after prosecutors agreed to DNA testing on decades-old
evidence in a Montgomery County death row case, the results are in - and they
didn't reveal anything new.
Most of the aging ev
February 5
TEXAS:
Anthony Graves, Wrongfully Convicted Death Row Inmate, Gives Voice to Voiceless
Since August 23, 1992, Anthony Graves has been behind bars for the gruesome
murder of a family in Somerville, Texas. There was no clear motive, no physical
evidence connecting him to the
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
Feb. 2
TEXAS:
Capital murder defendant jailed 4 years set for trial
After spending more than 4 years in the McLennan County Jail, it appears Todric
Deon McDonald soon will be getting his day in court.
As of Thursday’s pretrial hearing for McDonald, the 32-year-old capital murder
de
February 1
TEXAS:
Texas still doesn't have a law on intellectual disability and the death
penalty. Will that change this year?Nearly 2 decades after the U.S. Supreme
Court said it was unconstitutional to execute those with intellectual
disabilities, Texas still has no process on det
January 31
TEXASexecution
30 years after killing a Houston police officer, Texas executes Robert
JenningsJennings was put to death Wednesday for the 1988 murder of Elston
Howard. The long sentence was complicated by constantly evolving death penalty
laws.
Robert Jennings was
January 30
TEXASexecution
Texas inmate executed for Houston officer's death during adult bookstore
robbery
A 61-year-old Texas inmate was executed Wednesday evening for killing a Houston
police officer more than 3 decades ago.
Robert Jennings received lethal injection for the
January 30
TEXASimpending execution
30 years after killing a Houston police officer, Robert Jennings is set for
executionJennings is expected to be put to death on Wednesday for the 1988
murder of Elston Howard. His sentence has been complicated by constantly
evolving death pena
January 24
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Last-Ditch Efforts to Avert 2019’s 1st ExecutionRobert
Jennings files new motions in 1988 murder case
The state still hopes to execute its 1st inmate of 2019 before January's end.
Blaine Milam was scheduled to die by lethal inje
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 identit
January 17
TEXAS:
Movement to stop executions gained in 2018
At their January meeting, members of the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
emptied the contents of 4 red mesh onion sacks onto a square of tables in the
center of the meeting room at the S.H.A.P.E. Community Center in H
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 15
TEXASstay of impending execution
Texas court stops 1st execution of 2019, citing changes in intellectual
disability law and bite-mark scienceBlaine Milam was convicted in the 2008
East Texas death of his girlfriend's 13-month-old baby.
The Texas Court of Criminal A
January 13
TEXASimpending execution
Texas prepares for 1st execution of 2019Rusk County man scheduled to be put
to death for baby's exorcism beating death
A man who was convicted of beating a child during an “exorcism” is scheduled to
be the 1st Texas inmate executed in 20
January 11
TEXAS:
Judge to decide whether to lower bail for mother of 3-year-old found dead in
Richardson culvert
The mother accused of abandoning 3-year-old Sherin Mathews before the girl's
death in Richardson could have her bail reduced at a hearing Friday morning.
Sini Math
January 10
TEXASimpending execution
Last-Minute Appeals Aim to Stop 1st Texas Execution of 2019Drugs, mental
illness, disability factors in 2008 infant murder
Blaine Milam, a young man from Rusk County, is scheduled to be the state's
first execution of 2019. Unlike many deat
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 c
January 8
TEXAS:
2020 trial in county death penalty case
A 19-year-old Houston man will stand trial in a brutal Texas County murder in
August 2020, it was decided during a conference call Friday.
Andrew J. Vrba is charged with 1st-degree murder, armed criminal action and
abandonmen
January 7
TEXAS:
Texas Police Charge Suspect With Capital Murder In The Death Of 7-Year-Old
Jazmine Barnes
Eric Black Jr. has been charged with capital murder in connection with the
murder of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes, according to a statement from the Harris
County Sheriff’s Offic
January 6
TEXAS:
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present40
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-558
Abbott#scheduled execution date-nameTx. #
41-Jan. 15Blaine Milam559
42-Jan. 30--
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. 29-year-o
January 1, 2019
TEXAS:
Texas capital punishment policy should be reviewed
Pride in our state’s exceptional history and traditions related to the Old West
may help explain Texans’ clinging to some practices that should be consigned to
the state’s past. That includes the death penalty,
December 31
TEXAS:
Will Texas lawmakers protect intellectually disabled people from getting the
death penalty?
Fueled by a U.S. Supreme Court decision chastising Texas for how it
determines intellectual disability in death penalty cases, criminal justice
advocates say the time has
december 17
TEXAS:
Mother of capital murder suspect in disbelief
Even after a confession from her son, Olivia Martinez doesn’t believe her
transitioning transgender son is guilty of brutally killing 20-month-old
Patricia Ann Rader, the sweet girl known as Annie.
Martinez is the mo
Dec. 15
TEXAS:
Texas sees uptick in executions, death sentences in 2018The state put to
death 13 men this year. That's more than half the total number of people
executed in the entire country: 25. Still, the death row population — both here
and nationwide — is at a historic low.
December 14
TEXAS:
DA will seek death penalty in murder of 20-month-old Central Texas girl
Milam County prosecutors will seek the death penalty in the trial of a man
indicted Thursday for capital murder in the death of a 20-month-old Rockdale
girl.
Shawn Vincent Boniello, who’s als
December 12
TEXAS:
Starr: Supreme Court must correct top Texas court's fundamental error
The job of a judge is to follow the law. If we are to be, as Chief Justice John
Marshall wrote, “a government of laws, and not of men,” the lower courts must
carefully apply the precedent of th
December 11
TEXASexecution
Killer who shot newlywed, raped his wife on Mesquite walking trail is executed
A convicted killer who shot a man and raped his wife in 1993 as the newlyweds
strolled on a trail in Mesquite was executed by lethal injection Tuesday night.
Alvin Braziel
December 11
TEXASnew execution date
2nd-to-last 'Texas 7' escapee gets March execution date
The 2nd-to-last surviving 'Texas 7' escapee now has a date with death.
Patrick Murphy, who was convicted under the controversial law of parties after
playing lookout during a deadly stor
December 11
TEXASimpending execution
Texas to execute Alvin Braziel on Tuesday, making him the 2nd inmate to die in
a weekTexas is scheduled to put Braziel to death on Tuesday, 25 years after
he killed a man and raped his wife in Mesquite.
Lora and Douglas White were married
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 w
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 e
December 7
TEXASnew execution date
'I can't forgive till you're dead': Execution set for brain-damaged Texas man
behind 4 killings
It was a warm summer night when Dexter Johnson killed Maria Aparece and Huy
Ngo.
Along with 4 friends, the brain-damaged, schizophrenic 18-year-old
December 6
TEXASdeath sentence overturned
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturns death sentence for inmate Kenneth
Wayne ThomasThomas' conviction stands, but he is entitled to a new
punishment hearing based on modern standards for assessing intellectual
disabilities, the cour
December 4
TEXASexecution
'Texas 7' Inmate Executed for Officer's Killing
A member of the notorious "Texas 7" gang of escaped prisoners was executed
Tuesday evening for the fatal shooting of a suburban Dallas police officer
during a Christmas Eve robbery nearly 18 years ago.
Jo
December 4
TEXASimpending execution
'Texas 7' Member Set To Die Under Controversial Law
A San Antonio man is set to die by lethal injection on Tuesday for a murder he
didn’t actually commit. As part of the notorious “Texas 7” escape, Joseph
Garcia was convicted and sentenced to di
December 3
TEXASimpending execution
Execution set for 'Texas 7' escapee
A member of the notorious ‘Texas 7’ prison escape is scheduled to be executed
this week, amidst clemency appeals, a federal lawsuit and a request for a
reprieve.
Joseph Garcia is scheduled to die at the Hun
December 1
TEXASimpending execution
Clemency denied for 'Texas 7' prisoner scheduled for execution
A day after suing the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Texas death row prisoner
Joseph Garcia lost his long-shot bid for clemency when the 7-member board
denied him a favorable reco
Nov. 30
TEXASimpending executionDeath row inmate sues Texas parole board for
having too many ex-law enforcement members
A 'Texas 7' escapee scheduled for execution filed a lawsuit this week alleging
that there are too many men and too many former law enforcement officials on
November 29
TEXASimpending execution
"Texas 7" Escapee Set for ExecutionInmate challenges original conviction,
post-escape “law of parties” verdict
Joseph Garcia is infamous for his role in the biggest prison escape in Texas
history. For that crime and a murder that followed, G
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 is
November 26
TEXAS:
An exonerated death row inmate fulfills a mission
14 years ago, I reviewed the innocence claim of Texas death row inmate Anthony
Graves for the Judicial Process Commission in Rochester. I concluded that
Graves' claim was meritorious. I wrote about his case in "Just
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