Jan. 14
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Unhappy New YearMasterson found guilty of capital murder of
Shane Honeycutt, set to die Jan. 20
Texas goes to the gurney Wednesday, Jan. 20, with its 1st execution of the
calendar year. Set to die is Richard Allen Masterson, 43,
Jan. 13
TEXASnew execution dates
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Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-531
Abbott#scheduled execution date-nameTx. #
14-January 20---Richard Masterson-532
Jan. 2
TEXAS:
Ted Cruz really, really loves the death penalty
Ted Cruz would represent a lot of firsts should he be elected president: He'd
be the 1st Hispanic president, and the 1st president to be born in Canada (or
anywhere outside the 50 states, for that matter). But he'd also
January 1
TEXAS:
Texas' top criminal court halted far more executions in 2015
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted an unprecedented number of
execution stays in 2015, the 1st year on the court for 3 judges elected in
2014.
"There's absolutely been a change, and we're still
Dec. 17
TEXAS:
Texas Falls Out of Love With the Death Penalty, Embraces Life Without Parole
Fewer and fewer prisoners in Texas are being sent to the execution chamber.
For what it's worth, Texas is still the death-penalty capital of the United
States, which in turn employs capital
Dec. 7
TEXAS:
Hearing the voices of those bearing the brunt
MORE THAN 60 people gathered for the Campaign to End the Death Penalty's (CEDP)
annual convention, held in Austin, Texas, in mid-November.
The CEDP was formed 20 years ago to challenge the most barbaric aspect of the
U.S.
Dec. 3
TEXAS:
The Death Penalty in Texas and a Conflict of Interest
Robert L. Roberson III was convicted in 2003, in Anderson County, Texas, of
murdering his 2-year-old daughter. In determining his punishment, the
difference between a death sentence and one of life in prison hinged
Dec. 2
TEXAS:
A Matter of Conviction Anthony Graves, Houston Forensic Science Center Board
MemberExonerated from death row and working for justice, Anthony Graves
doesn't have a moment to waste.
Anthony Graves is doing remarkably well for a former resident of death row.
"I'm a
Dec. 1
TEXAS:
In retrial, man again sentenced to death for killing wife
After hearing 9 days of testimony, it took a Houston jury just 15 minutes to
again sentence William "Billy the Kid" Mason to death, prosecutors said Monday.
Mason was convicted of capital murder in 1992 in the
Dec. 1
TEXAS:
2 Texas death row inmates say their lawyers are failing them
In the hours before Raphael Holiday was put to death by lethal injection
earlier this month, he made a final appeal to the Supreme Court. The convicted
Texas murderer argued that his 2 court-appointed lawyers
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
Nov. 21
TEXAS:
Prosecutor will seek death penalty in Texas campsite mass murders
Anderson County District Attorney Allyson Mitchell said she will seek the death
penalty against the man accused of killing 6 members of 2 families at a
campsite near this East Texas town.
Mitchell
Nov. 20
TEXAS:
Man charged with 6 counts of capital murder in East Texas campsite killings
A man was charged with 6 counts of capital murder Thursday in the killing of a
family at an East Texas campsite.
William Mitchell Hudson, who remained jailed on a $2.5 million bond, is accused
Nov. 19
TEXAS:
Texas 'Out of Step' With Other US States on Ending Death Penalty
Texas is not following the practice of other US states to eliminate using
capital punishment, advocacy group Equal Justice USA Executive Director Shari
Silberstein told Sputnik.
"The 6 states, including
Nov. 18
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Set To Execute Man Who Says His Lawyers Have "Abandoned" HimRaphael
Holiday is set to be executed Wednesday for burning 3 children to death in
2000. Holiday has asked the Supreme Court to stop his execution, claiming his
court-appointed
Nov. 18
TEXASexecution
Texas man executed for setting fire that killed 3 children
A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday for setting a fire that killed his
18-month-old daughter and her 2 young half-sisters at an East Texas home 15
years ago.
Raphael Holiday, 36, became the 13th
Nov. 17
TEXASimpending executuion
Condemned man's lawyers stop helping, cite 'false hope'
From his cell on death row, Raphael Holiday drafted letter after desperate
letter to lawyers who represent the condemned. He begged for their help to
plead for mercy from Gov. Greg Abbott,
Mov. 15
TEXAS:
Human, monetary cost-cutting
There is little common ground between those who are pro-death penalty, and the
abolitionists. If we assume, however, that only guilty people should be
punished and that taxpayers want to save money, the system can be improved.
Cost is
Nov. 13
TEXAS:
Some changes would improve the death penalty process
There is little common ground between those who favor the death penalty and
those who want to abolish it.
Still, if we assume that only guilty people should be punished and that
taxpayers want to save money, the
Nov. 13
TEXAS:
Appeals court refuses to stop execution set for next week
A federal appeals court has refused to stop next week's scheduled execution of
an East Texas man condemned for setting a fire that killed his young daughter
and her 2 half-sisters at their home 15 years ago.
Nov. 12
TEXAS:
Woman gave birth before being charged in connection with son's death
A 21-year-old mother went into labor Tuesday before she could be charged with
capital murder in connection with the death of her 10-month-old child.
Fabiola Lopez was more than 9 months pregnant
Nov. 11
TEXAS:
Waxahachie Representative John Wray: A True Texas Hero
If ever there was a story that needed a hero, it is the Lake Waco Triple
Murder.
Jan Thompson, aunt of Lake Murder victim, Jill Montgommery, in her quest for
the simple truth via DNA, has gone to many people for
Nov. 10
TEXAS:
Condemned Killer of Houston Girl, 2, Loses Court Appeal
A federal appeals court has refused an appeal from a 56-year-old Houston man on
Texas death row for the rape and fatal beating of his girlfriend's 2-year-old
daughter 15 years ago.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of
Nov. 9
TEXAS:
Man who killed wife returns to court for retrial of punishment
William "Billy the Kid" Mason was convicted of beating his wife to death for
playing her radio too loudly. Mason hogtied 33-year-old Deborah Ann Mason, put
her in the trunk of a car and drove her to Humble
Nov. 7
TEXAS:
State To Seek Death Penalty In Shotgun-Slaying Of Local Woman
McLennan County prosecutors announced late Friday afternoon that they'll seek
the death penalty against James Ray Brossett, 48, of Arlington, who was
indicted last month for capital murder and attempted
Nov. 4
TEXAS:
Court upholds death penalty for man's killing of 2 sons
Texas' highest criminal court has upheld the death sentence of a Dallas man
convicted of drowning his 2 young sons in a creek 4 years ago because he was
angry with their mother for breaking up with him.
The Texas
Nov. 4
TEXAS:
Death warrant for Ward delivered
Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks was scheduled Tuesday to deliver the death
warrant for Adam Kelly Ward.
Meeks traveled to the Texas Department of Corrections Tuesday, as the death
warrant has to be hand delivered to the agency's director
Nov. 3
TEXAS:
Jury convicts man of capital murder in triple slaying
Johnathan "J-Boi" Sanchez did not react Tuesday as he was convicted of capital
murder.
Eyewitnesses, the murder weapon and blood on his clothes combined to put the
27-year-old in the middle of a Copperfield-area
Nov. 3
TEXASnew execution date
Adam Ward has been given an execution date for March 16 (2016); it should be
considered serious.
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Oct. 29
TEXAS:
Lawyers reinstated for death row inmate Brandon Daniel
Brandon Daniel has apparently changed his mind about representing himself in an
attempt to expedite his execution.
The death row inmate, convicted in the 2012 killing of Austin police officer
Jaime Padron, has
Oct. 28
TEXAS:
Court documents: Zoe Hastings was stabbed, found dead outside of minivan
An 18-year-old woman killed 2 weeks ago on her way to church was stabbed and
left for dead near a creek, police say.
Police had previously declined to say the way Zoe Hastings was slain. But new
Oct. 25
TEXAS:
Rally against the death penalty held at State Capitol
Despite the rain, protesters held a rally Saturday afternoon at the State
Capitol calling on State leaders to get rid of the death penalty
Terri Been says her brother should not be on death row. Jeff Wood was
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. 23
TEXAS:
Grand jury indicts ex-Austin cop VonTrey Clark in Samantha Dean case
A capital murder charge against VonTrey Clark will go forward after a Bastrop
County grand jury indicted the former Austin police officer in the death of
Kyle police victims counselor Samantha Dean.
Oct. 22
TEXAS:
E. Texan among historical low on Texas death row
A Smith County man is officially on Texas death row for the murder of his
ex-wife and abduction of their child
James Calvert was taken from the Smith County Jail on Oct. 16 and transferred
to the Texas Department of
Oct. 22
TEXAS:
Death sentence marks 1st in Bexar County in years
For the 1st time in 6 years, a convicted killer from Bexar County has been
sentenced to death.
That sentence from a jury Tuesday was just the 2nd death sentence handed down
in the entire state of Texas this year.
The
Oct. 21
TEXASnew death sentence
Gonzalez gets death sentence in Sgt. Vann's fatal shooting
A jury that began deliberating Monday afternoon in the penalty phase of the
trial of Mark Anthony Gonzalez in the death of Bexar County Sheriff's Office
Sgt. Kenneth Vann decided on the death
Oct. 18
TEXAS:
"I want to thank Corporal Frazier and his candor in his recollection and
reporting of the events surrounding the execution of Licho Escamilla on October
14, 2015. Mrs. James has suffered a terrible, tragic and unnecessary loss
during the killing of her husband. This is a
Oct. 16
TEXAS:
A police widow witnesses the execution of her husband's killer
For veteran Dallas Police Officer Frederick Frazier, the state's execution of
convicted cop killer Licho Escamilla wasn't an occasion for celebration.
It was about justice for the family of Kevin James,
Oct. 16
TEXAS:
New program for attorneys in death penalty cases
Jefferson County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to authorize County
Judge Jeff Branick to execute an interlocal agreement with Lubbock County and
the organization Regional Public Defenders for Capital Cases to
Oct. 15
TEXAS:
Lawyer considers morality of death penalty
2 1/2 hours after her lecture concluded, one of Meg Penrose’s clients was
executed for killing a police officer.
“Today is a somber day. It’s a difficult thing to talk about,” she said.
“Tonight, as my client is executed,
Oct. 15
TEXAS:
Another execution in Texas, another argument for capital punishment
Licho Escamilla is — or was — that charming fellow who will be remembered for a
courtroom riot. It was a melee he started by throwing a water pitcher at the
Dallas County jury that had just sentenced
Oct. 14
TEXAS:
Journey of hope speakers ask students to reconsider the death penalty
The Law Center, in conjunction with the Graduate College of Social Work, hosted
a talk on the death penalty Monday at the University Center to promote
forgiveness during times of loss and hopelessness.
Oct. 14
TEXASimpending execution
Sometimes, sadly, the death penalty is the only justice left
Let the record show that I was against the death penalty before I was for it.
OK, the uncomfortable truth is that my feelings about capital punishment are
complicated, wrought with the
Oct. 14
TEXASexecution
Texas executes inmate for Dallas police officer’s 2001 death
A man already being sought for a neighbor’s slaying when he killed a Dallas
police officer outside a club was executed Wednesday.
Licho Escamilla was given a lethal injection for the November 2001
Oct. 13
TEXASstay of impending execution
Texas Appeals Court Stays Julius Murphy Execution
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday stayed the execution of Julius
Murphy, 36, which was set for Nov. 3, after his legal team presented claims of
prosecutorial misconduct in his
Oct. 13
TEXAS:
Convicted killer faces death penalty in deputy murder case
The sentencing phase was set to begin Tuesday morning in the trial
of Mark Anthony Gonzalez, the man convicted of shooting and killing a sergeant
with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office.
Gonzalez shot Sgt.
Oct. 13
TEXASimpending execution
Man convicted in Dallas officer's 2001 death faces execution
The 19-year-old was already wanted in Dallas in the fatal shooting of a
neighbor when he got involved in a brawl outside a club, pulled out a 9 mm
semi-automatic handgun and opened fire on
Oct. 8
TEXAS:
After rare 10-month respite, Texas death row gets 1st new inmate in 2015
Death row in Texas is getting its 1st new inmate in 2015, ending a 10-month
hiatus in death sentences imposed by juries in the nation's most active capital
punishment state.
A Brazos County jury
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
Oct. 6
TEXASimpending execution
Texas inmate set for execution for $8 robbery, slaying
No late appeals have been filed on behalf of a Texas inmate who says he
shouldn't die for fatally shooting a Mexican man who was robbed of $8.
Juan Martin Garcia's execution is scheduled for
Oct. 6
TEXASexecution
Texas executes inmate for killing man in $8 robbery
A convicted killer in Texas was executed Tuesday for fatally shooting another
man in a robbery that yielded just $8.
No late appeals were filed for Juan Martin Garcia, who was lethally injected
for the
Oct. 5
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Set To Execute Inmate Who Murdered A Man Over $8Juan Garcia is
scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday for fatally shooting a man
during a 1998 robbery in which he stole $8.
Texas is set to execute Juan Martin Garcia on October 6
Oct. 3
TEXASnew execution date
Coy Wesbrook has been given an execution date for March 9; it should be
consideed serious.
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present10
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-528
Abbott#scheduled execution
Oct. 2
TEXAS:
Texas, top state for executions, may go a year without a death penalty
conviction
Texas may end 2015 without imposing a sentence of capital punishment, a
milestone that parallels declining public support for capital punishment in a
state that had been sending the most
Oct. 1
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: After Appeal Denied, Death Row Inmate to DieClaims of mental
retardation did nothing to stop the state's next execution
Juan Martin Garcia goes to the gurney on Tuesday, Oct. 6, after 5 weeks in
which the state of Texas didn't
Sept. 28
TEXAS:
Texas Prison Guard Union Urges Death Row Reforms
In a move that surprised many in the prison reform community, the president of
the local chapter of a Texas prison guards' union wrote a letter to the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) on January 20, 2014,
Sept. 26
TEXAS:
Questions raised after shock belt used at Texas murder trial
A potential death penalty trial in East Texas is set to resume on Monday after
it was put on hold when a judge was said by a TV station to have had a shock
belt used on the defendant for misbehaving.
James
Sept. 25
TEXAS:
Texas Is Making Its Own Execution Drugs, Oklahoma Inmate Alleges
Many death penalty states have struggled to obtain a lethal injection drug that
Texas has consistently been able to procure. In a filing Thursday in Oklahoma,
lawyers provided evidence that Texas sold
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. 23
TEXAS:
Case of Texas killer puts spotlight on executing the mentally ill
Scott Panetti believes that the gold filling in his mouth is a Bluetooth device
that transmits his thoughts to the prison guards who watch over his cell on
death row.
He told his lawyer that the state
Sept. 23
TEXAS:
SALVADORIAN MAN FACES IMMINENT EXECUTION
Alfredo Prieto, a Salvadorian man, is scheduled to be executed in Virginia on 1
October. He
was convicted in 2008 of two capital murders committed in 1988. There is
evidence that he has
intellectual disability which would render
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
Sept. 17
TEXAS:
Executing Scott Panetti would be a moral failure for conservatives
We are still talking about executing Scott Panetti, the lifelong schizophrenic
who famously insisted on representing himself while on trial for his life
wearing a TV-Western cowboy costume. He
Sept. 16
TEXAS:
An Unfinished Prison Story
In 1967, Danny Lyon, a young photographer from New York who had spent the
beginning of his career documenting the civil-rights movement, was granted
permission by the Texas Department of Corrections to photograph freely inside
the state's
Sept. 15
TEXAS:
Years after being freed from death row, East Texas man fights to clear name
Nearly 40 years after Linda Jo Edwards was murdered and mutilated in her Tyler
apartment, the man convicted of the crime - and almost executed for it - wants
to be exonerated, based on new DNA
Sept. 12
TEXAS:
Capital murder defendant fails in bid for new attorneys
A Waco man facing the death penalty in a May 2014 double slaying failed Friday
in his bid to replace his 2 court-appointed attorneys.
Judge Ralph Strother of Waco's 19th State District Court denied a motion from
Sept. 4
TEXAS:
DA considers whether to seek death penalty in Dean case
As the Bastrop County district attorney prepares to seek indictments for 2
suspects in the murder of Samantha Dean, he also has another consideration:
whether he will pursue the death penalty.
Court records
Sept. 3
TEXAS:
Records: Man linked to Samantha Dean case charged with capital murder
A man police believe VonTrey Clark hired to kill Samantha Dean has been charged
with capital murder in her death, a law enforcement official said.
Kevin Leo Watson, 31, had been in the Harris County
Sept. 2
TEXAS:
Oklahoma Chases the Texas Political Homicide Record
The question is not whether you will execute an innocent person in a state that
executes criminals. Oklahoma and Texas are engaged in a competition right now,
a sort of Red River Shootout off the football field, to
Sept. 2
TEXASstay of impending execution
Execution for Houston convicted killer postponed
The Harris County District Attorney's Office Wednesday postponed a scheduled
Sept. 29 execution for Houston convicted killer Perry Eugene Williams to allow
a federal judge time to appoint an
Aug. 31
TEXAS:
Hall Murder Trial Now Expected to Start Wednesday
The trial of an accused College Station killer that has seen a number of delays
has one more that will keep it from starting Monday as scheduled.
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Gabriel Hall, 22 of College
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
Aug. 28
TEXAS:
Scheduled Execution Date Withdrawn for Joe Franco Garza
The scheduled execution date for Joe Franco Garza has been withdrawn.
Garza was scheduled for execution on September 2. He was found guilty of the
1998 murder of Silbiano Rangel and sentenced to death.
There is
Aug. 26
TEXASnew execution date
Gustavo Garcia has been given an execution for Feb. 16, 2016; it should be
considered serious.
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present10
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-528
Abbott#scheduled execution
Aug. 25
TEXASimpending execution
Nicaragua pleads with US to call off execution
Nicaraguan officials and activists called on the United States Monday to cancel
the execution in Texas later this week of Bernardo Tercero, the only Nicaraguan
national on death row in the US.
Aug. 24
TEXASimpending execution
An Austin Resident is Scheduled for Execution This Week
A Harris County resident, Bernardo Aban Tercero, is scheduled for execution
after 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, pursuant to a court order by the 232nd
District Court, said a press release
Aug. 22
TEXAS:
Capital murder charge filed for woman's death on west side of town
A man already charged with killing his girlfriend could now face the death
penalty.
Ronald Jackson appeared in court Friday as prosecutors upgraded his charges to
capital murder in the beating death
Aug. 21
TEXAS:
Fifth Circuit Rejects Duane Buck's Appeal of Racially Biased Death Sentence
Should a person's skin color help determine whether or not they get the death
penalty? A doctor at Duane Buck's sentencing hearing told the Harris County
jury that Buck's race was a factor that
Aug. 20
TEXASimpending execution//foreign national
Death Watch: After Little Help From Counsel, Inmate to DieTercero's
execution would be 12th in Texas this year
On March 31, 1997, Robert Berger and his 3-year-old daughter walked into the
Park Avenue Cleaners in Houston at
Aug. 20
TEXASimpending execution//foreign national Petition to Greg Abbott,
Governor of the State of Texas: To stay the execution of Bernardo Aban Tercero
and grant him clemency
see:
Aug. 19
TEXASimpending execution//foreign national
Texas Prepares for Execution of Nicaraguan Bernardo Tercero on August 26, 2015
Bernardo Aban Tercero is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm CDT, on Wednesday,
August 26, 2015, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in
Aug. 19
TEXAS:
Mother of slain Killeen man speaks out Mitchell Jaudon shot dead last week
at A.A. Lane Neighborhood Park
The mother of Mitchell Jaudon, 22, of Sylvania, Ga., who was shot dead at A.A.
Lane Neighborhood Park in north Killeen last week, is speaking out against the
TEXASnew execution date
Raphael Holiday has been given an execution date for Novermber 18; it should be
considered serious.
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present10
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-528
Abbott#scheduled execution
Aug. 17
TEXAS:
The Trials of Ed GrafIn 1988, he was convicted of killing his stepsons -
based on arson science we now know is bunk. A quarter of a century later, Texas
granted him a new trial, one that pitted modern forensics against old-fashioned
Texas justice.
Ed Graf was a
Aug. 15
TEXAS:
Death penalty foes to hold vigil Aug. 26
The Lubbock chapter of People of Faith Against the Death Penalty will host a
vigil from 5:45-6:15 p.m. Aug. 26 at the corner of University Avenue and 15th
Street, in front of St. John's United Methodist Church.
The prayer
Aug. 15
TEXASnew execution date
James Freeman has been given an execution date for January 27, 2016; it should
be considered serious.
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present10
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-528
Abbott#scheduled execution
Aug. 13
TEXAS:
David Conley, alleged killer of 6 children, says they were becoming 'monsters'
Inside a segregation cell in a Houston jail, David Conley waits, passing the
time talking to reporters about the tumultuous relationship he had with his
on-again, off-again girlfriend over
Aug. 12
TEXAS:
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Dallas DA Susan Hawk
Dallas DA, Susan Hawk , reopen
Aug. 12
TEXASexecution//volunteer
Texas executes man who struck and killed police lieutenant with SUV during 2009
chase
Texas inmate Daniel Lee Lopez, 27, got his wish Wednesday when he was executed
for striking and killing a police lieutenant with an SUV during a chase more
than
Aug. 12
TEXASstay of impending execution//impending (volunteer) execution
Texas Inmate Set to Die for Killing His Mother Gets Reprieve
A 54-year-old East Texas man set to die this week for his mother's slaying more
than 11 years ago has won a reprieve from Texas' highest criminal
Aug. 11
TEXAS:
Texas man accused of killing 8 formally charged in Houston court
The Texas man accused of killing 8 people, including his son and an
ex-girlfriend, during the weekend in a Houston-area home was formally charged
on Monday with 3 counts of capital murder, a crime
Aug. 10
TEXAS:
Accused killer faces death penalty in executions of 6 children, 2 adults at
Houston homeDavid Ray Conley, 49, is accused of tying up his ex-wife, her
husband and their 6 children before shooting each once in the head.
Texas authorities have arrested and charged a
Aug. 7
TEXAS:
Prosecutors consider death penalty
The Cameron County District Attorney's Office has 2 weeks to decide whether it
will seek the death penalty for 1 of 3 men accused in the 2004 shooting death
of Tomas Hernandez Zapata.
1 of the suspects, Jose Nicolas Acosta, 29, pleaded
Aug. 7
TEXAS:
From seeking the death penalty to fighting it
Sam Millsap Jr.'s resume reads like the start of a John Grisham novel.
In 1982, he became the youngest big-city district attorney in the nation,
telling Texas Monthly a year later that it was the job he was born and bred
Aug. 6
TEXAS:
NICARAGUAN NATIONAL FACING EXECUTION IN TEXAS
Bernardo Aban Tercero, a Nicaraguan national, is scheduled to be executed in
Texas on 26 August for
a murder committed in 1997. The poor quality of the legal representation he
received at trial and
during state-level appeals
Aug. 6
TEXASimpending executions
Death Watch: 2 Set to DieBoth death row inmates claim murder was not
intentional
Although Clifton Williams narrowly avoided execution July 16, 2 Texans are
scheduled for the gurney next week. Both inmates maintain that they didn't mean
for the
Aug. 4
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Prepares for Execution of Daniel Lopez August 12, 2015
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has denied a request for a stay of
execution by Daniel Lee Lopez. Daniel had previously asked the Court to waive
his herbs corpus review. After granting
Aug. 5
TEXAS:
Capital murder charge dropped in 2012 death of Hearne city councilman
A contaminated crime scene and lack of evidence prompted Robertson County's top
prosecutor to drop capital murder charges Tuesday against a man accused of
killing former Hearne City Councilman Charles
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