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
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
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
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
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
August 18
TEXAS:
Good DA wrong for Cantu probe
A lawyer has asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to stop Bexar
County District Attorney Susan Reed's investigation into whether a San
Antonio man was wrongfully executed in 1993.
The lawyer, Keith Hampton, says Reed has a conflict of
