Oct. 21
TEXAS:
New hearing set in death penalty capital murder appeal
Another hearing has been scheduled concerning an appeal of the capital murder
conviction of Micah Crofford Brown.
Brown remains in custody at the Hunt County Detention Center after being
transferred from state
Oct. 19
TEXAS:
Legislature must prioritize death penalty appellate counsel
The state of Texas's continued reliance on the death penalty as a method of
punishment is one of the most divisive issues in state criminal justice policy.
But this premise garners consensus: If we are to
Oct. 18
TEXAS:
3 reasons the death penalty is dying
Have you ever killed somebody? The question in and of itself is haunting.
Have you ever killed somebody? Each word rattles my soul.
Have you ever killed somebody? The more times I ask the question, the more
times I'm brought
Oct. 16
TEXAS:
Murder suspect denies wanting to represent selfMan charged in guard's death
files motions without his lawyers' input
A Texas prison inmate accused of beating a Barry Telford Unit guard to death
last year was asked at a hearing Friday if he wants to represent
Oct. 13
TEXAS:
A story of Revenge, Change and Forgiveness
He was a "Lone Wolf" - years before the term was appropriated to describe
self-inspired individuals on a killing rampages who use religion as vindication
of their actions.
In the days following the 9/11 attacks, Mark Stroman
Oct. 13
TEXAS:
Texas death row inmate Danny Bible loses at US Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused an appeal from Texas death row inmate
Danny Paul Bible, who was convicted of the 1979 icepick slaying of a woman who
went to his house in Houston to use a telephone
Oct. 11
TEXAS:
Texas will see lowest number of executions in 20 years
For the 1st time in 20 years, the number of Texas executions will fall out of
double digits this year.
The 7 men put to death this year are the fewest since 1996, when executions
halted amid legal challenges to a
Oct. 8
TEXAS:
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present20
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-538
Abbott#scheduled execution date-nameTx. #
21-December 7---John Battaglia539
22-January
Oct. 7
TEXASnew execution date
Kosoul Chanthakoumanne has been given an execution date for January 25, 2017;
it should be considered serious.
(sources: MC/Rick Halperin)
***
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present20
Executions in Texas: Dec.
Oct. 6
TEXAS:
Texas judge confronts 'serious deficiencies' in death penalty cases The
state broke its longest streak without an execution. But the highest criminal
court has issued multiple late stays - and the legal process may be changing
At the time, in the state that
Oct. 6
TEXAS:
Texas inmate Duane Buck argues he received death sentence due to his race
The Supreme Court left little doubt Wednesday that it will side with a black
Texas prison inmate who argues improper testimony about his race tainted his
death sentence.
The justices often are
Oct. 5
TEXASexecution
Execution of Man Who Killed Neighbors First in Months
6 months after the Texas death chamber held its last execution, Barney Ronald
Fuller Jr. was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday for the 2003 shooting
deaths of his neighbors in rural East Texas.
Oct. 5
TEXAS:
Death-Row Inmate Gets 1 Last Chance
A Texas inmate can argue that his death sentence is invalid because prosecutors
did not disclose their deal with a jailhouse snitch who testified that he had
confessed to murder, a federal judge ruled.
A Harris County jury convicted
Oct. 5
TEXASimpending execution
Texas man who killed 2 neighbors wants execution to proceed
An East Texas man who pleaded guilty to killing a neighbor couple during a
shooting rampage 13 years ago and who has said he wants to be put to death for
the crime appeared headed for
Oct. 4
TEXAS:
Supreme Court rejects Texas death row inmate's plea for DNA testing in murder
case
The Supreme Court will not allow additional DNA testing of evidence a death row
inmate in Texas says could show he didn???t kill a suburban Houston college
student.
The justices on
Oct. 3
TEXAS:
SCOTUS considers if man may be executed after 'expert' testified that black
people are dangerousCount the failures of justice in Duane Buck's case.
As a devout Christian, he spends much of his time praying and atoning for his
past sins. For 2 decades, he's
Oct. 3
TEXAS:
Duane Buck deserves a color-blind sentencing trial
Gerald Kogan, a former assistant state attorney and chief prosecutor in the
Dade County, Fla., State Attorney's Office, served as a justice on the Florida
Supreme Court from 1987 to 1998, including 2 years as chief
Oct. 2
TEXAS:
North Texas man to face death penalty in wife's drowning
Prosecutors in North Texas say they will seek the death penalty against a man
accused of drowning his wife by throwing her off a bridge after tying a rope
attached to concrete around her neck.
The Fort Worth
Oct. 1
TEXAS:
Justices, give Duane Buck a 2nd chanceInmate on death row because he's
black?
Duane Buck was sentenced to death in Texas because he is black. I know his case
well because I was one of his prosecutors. And as the US Supreme Court
considers his appeal this October, I
Sept. 29
TEXAS:
Man accused of tossing wife off bridge will face death penalty trial
Tarrant County prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the man accused
of kidnapping his wife and killing her by throwing her body from the Lake Worth
bridge in April.
Rodolfo Montes "Rudy"
Sept. 29
TEXASimpending execution
Terry Edwards of Texas Receives Execution Date of October 19, 2016
Terry Darnell Edwards is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm CDT, on Wednesday,
October 19, 2016, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in
Huntsville, Texas.
Sept. 26
TEXAS:
HCN wins Dallas Bar Association award
The Hood County News is the recipient of a 2016 Stephen Philbin Award for
excellence in legal reporting from the Dallas Bar Association. Winners were
announced Friday during a luncheon at the Belo Mansion in downtown Dallas.
Sept. 25
TEXAS:
Death Watch: Appeals, Waived Appeals, and Conflicting Findings5th Circuit
strikes down request to test death drugs
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a motion for stay of execution
pending appeal for Terry Edwards and Ramiro Gonzales, 2 death row inmates
Sept. 21
TEXAS:
Report highlights 'broken' death penalty appeals process
A new report is raising concerns about an appeals system for death penalty
cases in Texas. The analysis from the non-profit law firm Texas Defender
Service found issues with the legal representation for
Sept. 20
TEXAS:
TEXAS DEATH PENALTY APPEALS LAWYERS OVERWORKED, SOMETIMES SLOPPY
Texas' appeals system for indigent convicts facing the death penalty suffers
from poor representation, plagiarized boilerplate legal arguments and other
flaws that could result in innocent people being
Sept. 20
TEXAS:
Capital Costs
Your right to an attorney. It's a right we all have. Even if we can't afford
one, one will be appointed for us. But in the end, who picks up the tab for
those lawyers? KIDY's Senora Scott this evening with a look at how many alleged
killers are in our
Sept. 17
TEXASnew execution date
February execution date set for Fort Worth man
An execution date was set this week for a 36-year-old Fort Worth man condemned
for smothering an 89-year-old Bell Helicopter retiree in 2004 and robbing him.
A date of Feb. 7 was set for Tilon Lashon
Sept. 16
TEXAS:
State to help Coryell County in capital murder trial, set for August 2018
The Texas Attorney General's office is providing a prosecutor to assist the
Coryell County district attorney's office with a capital murder case against
Chet Michael Shelton, 27, of Gatesville.
Sept. 16
TEXAS:
State to help Coryell County in capital murder trial, set for August 2018
The Texas Attorney General's office is providing a prosecutor to assist the
Coryell County district attorney's office with a capital murder case against
Chet Michael Shelton, 27, of Gatesville.
Sept. 14
TEXAS:
Fifth Circuit Upholds Lethal Injection for Texas Death Row Inmates
Denying 5 death row inmates' bid for a stay of execution, the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently ruled that Texas' current form of
execution by lethal injection does not violate the
Sept. 13
TEXAS:
Why the Death Penalty is Dying in Texas
Kathryn Kase, executive director of the Texas Defender Service in Houston, says
nationwide, there's been a huge drop in death sentences. Texas has had many
fewer executions this year than in years past. In 1999, the state sent
Sept. 12
TEXAS:
Condemned Killer in San Antonio Robbery Loses Death Penalty Appeal
A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a 35-year-old man on Texas
death row for the fatal shooting of a man during a robbery of a San Antonio ice
house more than 16 years ago.
The 5th
Sept. 8
TEXAS:
Watch: A Dying BreedCan Texas Even Carry Out an Execution Anymore?
Officials down at Texas' once-proud and prolific death chamber must be
beginning to wonder if they'll ever execute another inmate. The state hasn't
executed anyone since Pablo Vasquez on April 6 and
Sept. 7
TEXAS:
Death penalty does not represent justice
I strongly disagree with the recent Amarillo Globe-News editorial on the death
penalty (Editorial: Death penalty can be justified, Aug. 20, amarillo.com.)
Society can be protected without taking another human life since we now
Sept. 2
TEXAS:
British woman on Texas death row should not get new trial, judge says -- Linda
Carty's lawyers argued that she was denied due process in trial for 2002
kidnapping and murder of neighbor, but judge found evidence insufficient
A judge has recommended that a British woman
Sept. 1
TEXAS:
Texas hasn't executed anyone in 148 days. That's a new record.
It's been 148 days since Texas executed someone - a remarkable lull in the use
of the death penalty for a state that has killed far more people than any
other.
In the nearly 5 months since Pablo Vasquez
Sept. 1
TEXAS:
3 indicted in shooting death of 5-year-old girl asleep in bed
3 men accused in the murder of a 5-year-old girl were indicted by a Bexar
County grand jury on Tuesday.
Abdi Abdi, 18, Murjan Abdi, 19, and Christian Lopez, 19, were formally indicted
on capital murder
Aug. 30
TEXAS:
Man Accused of Murdering Spring, TX Family Will Face the Death Penalty
Harris County prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a man charged
with killing a Spring, TX family in 2014.
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty in the case of a Utah man accused
Aug. 28
TEXAS:
Racial bias found in Texas death penalty cases, Harvard Law School study says
Harris County was named 1 of 16 'outlier' counties in the US, where 5 or
more death sentences were assessed between 2010 and 2015
A Harvard Law School study has found that racial bias,
Aug. 27
TEXASstay of impending execution
Lengthy Gap In Texas Executions To Continue As State Court Halts Yet Another
Ronaldo Ruiz was set to be executed on Aug. 31, but - as with the prior 6
scheduled executions in Texas that have been stayed or delayed - a Texas court
ordered a
Aug. 26
TEXAS:
Trial date set in Scott's case in death of parents
A trial date has been set for Stephen Scott, a Dallas man facing a felony
charge of capital murder of multiple persons in connection with the death of
his parents earlier this year.
The trial, which will begin Dec.
Aug. 25
TEXAS:
Jeff Wood's Stay of Execution Casts More Doubt on the Texas Death Machine
Terri Been was being interviewed by a reporter inside a Whataburger restaurant
in East Texas on the afternoon of August 19 when the text came in: Her brother,
Jeff Wood, on death row for his
Aug. 22
TEXAS:
The death penalty's essential futility
Maybe our society should congratulate itself occasionally on how much progress
it's made in the last half-century toward equality and individual rights,
especially for women, racial minorities and LBGT.
Or maybe
Aug. 21
TEXAS:
Incompetent counsel in death penalty cases
Defending people accused or convicted of capital murder is daunting,
emotionally draining, and all consuming - when you win. When your client gets
executed, it is devastating beyond words. Jerry Guerinot's smiling face in
Aug. 20
TEXAS:
Montgomery County DA Going For Death Penalty in 2014 Double Murder The
Montgomery County DA is going for the death penalty for a 2014 double murder.
For the 1st time since 2009, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office
is pursuing the death penalty against
aug. 20
TEXASstay of impending execution
Execution Halted for Jeff Wood, Who Never Killed Anyone
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has halted the execution of Jeff Wood - a
man who never killed anyone - 6 days before he was set to die by lethal
injection. The order was issued on
Aug. 19
TEXASimpending execution
Jeff Wood's family trying to stop his execution
A petition to stop a death row inmate's execution is now on the governor's
desk.
42-year-old Jeff Wood never took a life, but the state is trying to take his
next Wednesday.
A petition to stop
Aug. 18
TEXASimpending execution
Texas death sentence for accessory challenged by defense lawyer
Texas is planning to execute a man next week for a murder he did not commit.
If the sentence were to be carried out, it would mark the 1st time in the
United States that an accessory
Aug. 17
TEXAS:
Looming Texas execution illustrates urgency of forgiveness
Next week Texas is scheduled to execute a death row inmate who never killed
anyone, and who may not even have known a crime was going to be committed. The
execution is not only out of touch with Pope Francis and
Aug. 16
TEXASnew execution date
Dad who killed girls has new execution date
John Battaglia - the man who murdered his young daughters out of revenge while
their mother listened over the phone - has a new execution date.
State District Judge Robert Burns scheduled the execution
Aug. 14
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Readies to Kill Man - Who Killed No One - for Murder Jeffery Wood on
track to be the 'least culpable person executed in the modern era of death
penalty'
His execution is scheduled for Aug. 24, which is "just 5 days after his 43rd
July 30
TEXAS:
Does This Man Deserve to Die?Jeffrey Wood was sentenced to death under the
Texas law of parties. But should someone who didn't pull the trigger be
executed?
A rally for Jeffrey Wood was held outside of the Texas Governor's Mansion on
July 23, 2016.
Jeffrey Wood
July 28
TEXAS:
High court rejects state appeal in capital murder bond
The state's highest criminal court rejected an appeal Wednesday by McLennan
County District Attorney Abel Reyna that challenged an intermediate appellate
court's order reducing the bond of a capital murder
July 27
TEXAS:
Judge: Man cleared of murder shouldn't be declared innocent
A judge refused on Monday to endorse the innocence claims of a former Texas
death row inmate even though his murder conviction was overturned after a
prosecution witness admitted lying on the stand.
Kerry Max
July 24
TEXASimpending execution
Rally Questions Death Penalty for Texas Man Who Didn't Pull Trigger
Supporters of Jeff Wood gathered on July 23, 2016, in front of the Governor's
Mansion to rally against his scheduled August execution.
On Saturday, relatives and supporters of
July 20
TEXAS:
Judge denies request to speak to doctor in Petetan death penalty case
A judge denied a request by death row inmate Carnell Petetan Jr. to speak to a
state expert Tuesday after McLennan County prosecutors charged his attorneys
were on a "fishing expedition" and assured
July 18
TEXASimpending execution
In Texas death row case, punishment does not fit crime
Jeff Wood has an appointment he hopes to miss.
On Aug. 24, 2016, at about 6 p.m., the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
plans to inject a lethal dose of pentobarbital into Jeff???s veins to
July 16
TEXASrevised impending execution schedule
Barney Fuller has been given an execution date for October 5; it should be
considered serious.
Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present19
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-537
July 13
TEXAS:
Death penalty decision looming for capital murder suspect
One of the men accused of gunning down a San Antonio couple on Good Friday will
have to wait a few weeks to find out if he'll face the death penalty.
During an arraignment this morning, Gilbert Ruiz pleaded not
July 12
TEXAS:
Jury selection date set in capital murder case
The case of a man charged with capital murder in the death of a 5-year-old
child has been scheduled for jury selection almost exactly 2 years after the
girl's death.
Isidro Miguel Delacruz, 26, of San Angelo went before
July 8
TEXAS:
British woman on Texas death row may be spared as new evidence surfacesA
hearing this week for Linda Carty presents her with hope that she might avoid
death penalty amid evidence prosecutors coerced false witness testimonies
A British woman who has been on death row
July 7
TEXASstay of impending execution
Texas halts scheduled execution pending drug test
The scheduled July 14 execution of a man convicted in the slaying of a medical
student robbed of $40 has been postponed indefinitely.
A Texas prison system spokesman said Wednesday that a
July 5
TEXAS:
Mom and girl slain, family awaits justice
Elizabeth Goodman was on the phone in her kitchen with her youngest daughter
when the call was dropped.
10 minutes later, she heard from a friend that her daughter had been shot in
her doorway on Hartel Street in Beaumont's
July 4
TEXAS:
More court review ordered for Bastrop County murder case
The state's top criminal appeals court is asking the trial court in a lengthy
Central Texas death penalty case to further review the legality of DNA testing
of evidence.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling
June 28
TEXAS:
Texas' death penalty beyond repair so think about ending it, judge says
We welcome Judge Elsa Alcala's frank - and courageous - assessment of the Texas
death penalty, not for what people wish the state's capital punishment system
to be, but for what it is:
June 27
TEXAS:
Bryan Collier Named Director of 150,000-Inmate TX Prison Agency
Second-in-command Bryan Collier will be the next director of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice, taking the reins at an agency that oversees
more than 100 prisons and nearly 40,000 employees, the
June 25
TEXAS:
Unexpected career: Stoffregen steps down from public defender's office after 42
years as lawyer
Jack Stoffregen wanted to teach at a college level. He went to law school
instead to impress his future in-laws.
"My fiancee's parents hated me," he said. "They didn't
June 24
TEXAS:
Texas march against legal lynchings
Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement activists participated in the Juneteenth
parade and festival on June 18 in Houston's historic Third Ward at Emancipation
Park, which was bought and established by freed slaves in 1872. The
June 23
TEXAS:
Death Watch: New Rodney Reed FilingDeath row inmate's lawyers seek retrial
Attorneys for death row inmate Rodney Reed have filed a supplement to the Feb.
2015 brief seeking a retrial on his death penalty case, arguing that new
evidence has come their way that
June 22
TEXAS:
Attorney appointed for suspect in Commerce double homicide
An attorney specializing in death penalty capital murder cases has been
appointed for a San Marcos man charged in connection with the deaths of a
mother and daughter near Commerce.
Meanwhile a benefit account
June 20
TEXAS:
In State with Most Executions, a Texas Republican Judge Questions
Constitutionality of Death Penalty
Texas' highest criminal court should consider whether the death penalty is
being fairly applied and should still be constitutional, 1 of the 9 judges on
the
June 18
TEXAS:
Roberson Execution StayedCourt of Criminal Appeals sends case back to
Anderson County
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay on the execution of Robert
Roberson Thursday, sending the case back to the Anderson County court where
Roberson was initially
June 17
TEXASstay of impending execution
Court Halts Texas Man's Execution in "Shaken Baby" Case
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Thursday halted the upcoming execution of
Robert Roberson, who was sentenced to death for killing his two-year-old
daughter in 2002.
The appeals
June 16
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Shaken ScienceAppeal rests on new research into Shaken Baby
Syndrome
To have his federal habeas attorneys tell it, Robert Roberson is "dim-witted"
and "mentally ill." The 49-year-old, sentenced to death in 2003 for the 2002
June 15
TEXAS:
Appeal in 1997 Texarkana capital murder to be reviewed
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals says a 37-year-old man on Texas death row
for a robbery and fatal shooting in Texarkana nearly 19 years ago will get a
review of an appeal in his case.
Attorneys for convicted
June 15
TEXAS:
Former death row inmate Kerry Max Cook fires lawyers, threatens to undo
exoneration deal
2 days after his legal team secured an agreement that could lead to his
exoneration in a high-profile 40-year-old murder case, former death row inmate
Kerry Max Cook fired the
June 14
TEXAS:
Man facing Capital Murder charge for death of EPPD officer pleads 'not guilty'
The man accused of intentionally crashing into police officer David Ortiz
pleaded 'not guilty' in court Tuesday morning.
45-year-old John Paul Perry is charged with Capital Murder and
June 14
TEXAS:
lanco County man indicted in baby's deathJohn Lawrence, 24, charged with
capital murder, aggravated sexual assault
A Blanco County man has been indicted by a grand jury in the death of a
14-month-old baby girl.
John Lawrence, 24, is charged with capital murder
June 11
TEXAS:
We welcome Supreme Court scrutiny in 2 Texas death penalty cases
The Supreme Court has agreed once again to scrutinize the way Texas implements
the death penalty. Rejecting Texas' arguments that they need not interfere, at
least 4 justices in each case decided that
June 10
TEXAS:
Coryell County district attorney to seek death penalty in child's death
A Gatesville man with a disturbing history of arrests for sexually abusing
children was indicted June 1 by a Coryell County grand jury on a charge of
capital murder in the death of a 2-year old boy
June 9
TEXAS:
Bell County Capital Murder TrialAttorneys question neuroscientist in penalty
phase of Bell County trial
David Risner's defense attorneys spent Wednesday bringing character witnesses
to the stand to tell what a good husband, father, friend, church member and
police
June 8
TEXAS:
Texan Spent 20 Years On Death Row And Got Cleared After 37 Years
A former Texas prisoner who was released in 1999, after serving about 20 years
on death row for charges of committing rape and murder of a 21-year-old, was
finally cleared Monday.
Officials said that an
June 7
TEXAS:
Supreme Court Makes Slip-Up In Death Penalty Case2 hours after it agreed to
hear 2 questions raised by a death row inmate, the court changed its mind.
It looks like the Supreme Court won't be reviewing one of the pressing issues
involving the death penalty today.
June 6
TEXAS:
After nearly 40 years, murder charges dropped against Kerry Max Cook in East
Texas case
In a shocking reversal, Smith County prosecutors agreed Monday to throw out
murder charges against Kerry Max Cook, a man they've insisted for nearly 40
years was guilty of one of
June 6
TEXAS:
Justices will hear major death penalty case
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether executing a condemned
prisoner after decades in solitary confinement violates the Constitution. The
justices also will consider how the state that leads the nation in
June 3
TEXAS:
Life after death-row case: Both sides search for justice as 22-year Cook saga
ends
Editor's note: This story originally appeared in The Dallas Morning News on
Feb. 21, 1999.
"You cannot put things back together when you inherit a case with material
misconduct," said
June 3
TEXASfemales to face death penalty
Concert pianist's wife faces death penalty trial after 'smothering' their
1-year-old and 5 year-old daughter with a pillow in TexasSofya Tsygankova
is accused of killing daughters Nika, 5, and Michaela, 1
A Forth Worth mother is
June 2
TEXAS:
Coryell will seek death penalty in child's death
A Gatesville man with a history of arrests for sexually abusing children was
indicted on a capital murder charge Wednesday in the January death of a
2-year-old boy.
Chet Shelton, 27, of Gatesville, was arrested and
June 1
TEXAS:
Coryell County seeking death penalty in child death case
A Gatesville man with a history of arrests for sexually abusing children was
indicted on a capital murder charge Wednesday in the January death of a
2-year-old boy.
Chet Shelton, 27, of Gatesville, was arrested
May 31
TEXAS:
Testimony begins Tuesday in Risner trial
Testimony begins Tuesday morning in the capital murder trial of a man accused
of fatally shooting the Little River-Academy police chief.
David Gene Risner, 59, could face the death penalty if convicted in the slaying
of Little
May 28
TEXASstay of impending execution
A court just stayed this Texas man's execution because a witness was hypnotized
Charles Flores, a Texas death row inmate who was scheduled to be executed next
week June 2, was granted a stay of execution late Friday afternoon.
The Texas
May 26
TEXAS:
Stop the execution of Jeff Wood in TX!
Please sign and share this petition for Jeff Wood. TX has set his execution for
August 24th - despite the fact that he killed no one. Jeff's sister sits on the
CEDP's board and is a fierce advocate against the death penalty.
May 25
TEXASnew execution date
Convicted killer in 1996 Kerrville slaying set to die
A convicted killer on death row for a January 1996 fatal robbery in the Texas
Hill Country is set to die later this summer.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said Monday
May 25
TEXASimpending executions
Charles Flores of Texas Receives Execution Date of June 2, 2016
Charles Don Flores is scheduled to executed at 6 pm CDT, on Thursday, June 2,
2016, at Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas.
46-year-old Charles is
May 22
TEXAS:
Brownlow sentenced to death
Even up to the last moment before convicted murderer Charles E. Brownlow Jr.
was sentenced to death on Friday he tried to blame his father for the
executions he committed.
Brownlow was convicted of capital murder on April 28 for the Oct. 28,
May 21
TEXASimpending execution
Charles Flores, the next person in America scheduled to be executed, has filed
his final appeal
The next person in America scheduled to be executed has filed his final appeal,
arguing that his conviction for murder was based on "flimsy" evidence
May 20
TEXAS:
Nueces County prosecutors seek death penalty in store clerk shooting case
Nueces County prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a man accused
of killing a store clerk owner last year.
James Elizalde, 23, faces a capital murder charge in the shooting death of
May 19
TEXASbook review
"The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts: Murder and Memory in an American City"
It is not often that I find a book about Brownsville included on a list of
books being talked about as the most anticipated titles being released by the
major New York publishing
May 17
TEXAS:
Europeans make journey to Texas death row
Death row is where convicted murderers spend years of purgatory before the
final walk to the death chamber. Many of them are shunned by their own
families.
But there's one group prisoners call their salvation: Europeans who
May 12
TEXAS:
State, Lawyers Debate Identifying Execution Drug Supplier
Revealing Texas' supplier of execution drugs could have a harmful effect on the
provider and as a result leave the state empty-handed, a lawyer for the state
suggested Wednesday during an appeals court hearing.
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