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--
August 16
TEXAS:
Will a Texas law that overturns convictions based on bad science save this
death row inmate?The 2013 law was credited with stopping Robert Roberson's
execution 2 years ago, and his conviction is now under review in county court.
Robert Roberson shuffled into a co
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 11--
March 19
TEXAS:
Interfaith Statement of Opposition to the Death Penalty
see: http://fb.me/30S4YfEUW
(source: tcadp.org)
KENTUCKY:
Prosecutor could seek death penalty in Winchester murder case
Clark County prosecutors say they could pursue the death penalty for the man
who fir
Feb. 4
TEXAS:
Texas court vacates death sentence in 1990 Houston slayings
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has thrown out the death sentence of a
Harris County man convicted of the slayings of a Houston couple more than 2
decades ago.
The state's highest criminal court ruled Wednes
Oct. 8
TEXAS:
Laborer who spent time on death row in Texas goes free
A construction laborer who spent 9 years in prison - 4 on death row - was freed
Wednesday after a judge ruled that the man's pro bono lawyers in South Texas
did a shoddy job defending him.
"An innocent man went to
July 28
TEXAS:
Jury to weigh cop killer's fate in death penalty trial
Lawyers for Harlem Lewis III asked jurors Monday to spare the life of a
23-year-old who killed a Bellaire police officer and a good samaritan in 2012.
"He wasn't laying in wait to prey on someone," defense attorney A
Feb. 2
TEXAS:
Jury set in Robertson capital murder trial
The capital murder trial of Stanley Wayne Robertson is set to begin Monday now
that the time-consuming and mentally tedious process of selecting a jury has
been completed.
7 women and 7 men were selected for the panel, 2 of whom
Nov. 2
TEXASnew execution date
Douglas Feldman has been given an execution date for July 31, 2013; it should
be considered serious.
(sources: TDCJ & Rick Halperin)
Death row inmate loses appeal - Walker County grand jury hands down indictments
The Texas Court
Oct. 18
TEXASstay of impending execution
Houston cop killer Anthony Haynes granted stay of execution
Anthony Haynes, sentenced to death for the May 1998 murder of an off-duty
Houston policeman, has been granted a stay of execution.
The 1-time exemplary student led into lawlessness
Oct. 5
TEXAS:
Yowell loses appeal motion in federal court; Man convicted of shooting his
father, bludgeoning his mother now closer to execution date
A federal judge this week turned aside convicted murderer Michael John Yowell's
request for a writ of habeas corpus, moving the man convi
Sept. 28
TEXAS:
Death Penalty Witness Condemned by Courts
A.P. Merillat has spent two decades investigating crimes in Texas prisons, and
his testimony about the violence that inmates serving life sentences can
inflict has helped send at least 15 murderers to death row.
Now, the credi
Aug. 1
TEXASimpending execution
Urgent Action: http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa22712.pdf
[www.amnestyusa.org] Online Action:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=6oJCLQPAJiJUG&b=6645049&aid=518744
(source: Amnesty International USA)
Feb. 3
TEXAS:
Insiders speak out on the death penalty
Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment was legal in 1976,
the state of Texas has executed 478 people.
For many Americans, the death penalty is seen as a part of a complex judicial
system that ultimately protec
Nov. 27
TEXAS (death penalty-related):
Domestic violence incidents increased since 2009, officials say
It's a worry for many who combat domestic violence: the holiday season.
And it's a bigger concern as demands for domestic violence services grow and
law enforcement authorities report
Oct. 29
TEXAS:
Shameful record of executions
Imagine being sentenced to 50 years in the state penitentiary. Then
consider how you might feel what kind of person you might have become as
you reached the halfway point of your scheduled time in prison, marking
off the calendar year 25 of
Oct. 27
TEXAS:
Criminal appeals court race focuses on change3 Republican judges,
challengers acknowledge problems in the judicial system
Problems in the criminal justice system, highlighted by a series of
exonerations, are the top issue in this year's races for the Court of
Criminal Ap
Dec. 17
TEXAS:
Texas Preacher Pushes the Gospel of Mercy for Death Row Inmates
The great Texas sun is rising on a cool summer morning as the Rev. Carroll
Pickett, a minister who once ushered condemned men into the execution
chamber and watched them die, speaks of redemption. His Sunday s
Nov. 9
TEXAS:
New DNA tests fail to link Blair to Ashley Estell's slaying
More DNA tests have failed to connect the man convicted of killing
7-year-old Ashley Estell to the 1993 crime. Michael Blair was not the
source of forensic evidence found on the Plano girl's shoes, court records
show
Sept. 10
TEXAS:
Final execution case with Bush as Texas governor under scrutiny
A Texas judge on Monday sided with an anti-death penalty group seeking to
find out whether an inmate was wrongly executed, ruling that officials
must keep a 1-inch (2.5-centimeter)-long piece of hair that was a
Sept. 2
TEXAS:
Deadly ErrorDeath penalty deserves interim study in Austin
Texas' relentless pace of state-sponsored killing is the greatest moral
challenge facing lawmakers today.
It is past time for them to confront the growing list of concerns about
the liberal use of the executio
April 7
TEXAS:
Condemned should know that justice was served
A series of articles in the American-Statesman last fall illustrated the
shockingly poor work by some court-appointed lawyers representing death
row inmates appealing their convictions.
>From the first steps after a defendant is
August 22
TEXASimpending execution
FULLER EXECUTION THURSDAY
Justin Chaz Fuller is scheduled to be executed Thursday - 5 days before
his 28th birthday - for the 1997 capital murder of a 21-year-old Tyler
man.
Fuller, of Tyler, was sentenced to death for killing Donald Whittington
III,
May 10
TEXAS:
Death Penalty Art Exhibit
Just last week, 5 arson experts told Texas officials they may have
executed an innocent man in 2004.
The experts said faulty science was used to convict Todd Willingham of
arson charges in a fire that killed his children.
Jim Swift reports the case
April 26
TEXAS:
Convicted killer faces murder warrant in death of McGuire
A Lubbock court issued a capital murder warrant Monday for a convicted
killer suspected in the shooting death of Rex Alan McGuire, according to
the Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney's Office
The U.S. Marsha
Jan. 27
TEXAS:
Death row inmate may get new hearing
State prosecutors are not fighting a federal judge's ruling that a death
row inmate with a history of mental illness was incorrectly sentenced.
U.S. District Judge Sim Lake ordered the state last month to schedule a
new sentencing hearin
Jan. 14
TEXAS:
A Passion for JusticeStudents and faculty at new Law School clinic
search to find prisoners who may be innocent
Students in the fledgling Actual Innocence Clinic at The University of
Texas at Austin's School of Law have screened more than 500 letters from
Texas inmates i
Nov. 28
TEXAS:
Russeau Claims Wrongful Conviction
Condemned killer Gregory Lynn Russeau will be back in a Smith County
courtroom Thursday to attempt to prove he was wrongly convicted for the
killing of a 75-year-old auto mechanic.
In October 2002, a Smith County jury found the defendant
Nov. 23
TEXASfemale may face death penalty
Mother charged in infant's deathPolice found her waiting as the baby
lay bleeding
Dena Audry Schlosser of Plano has been accused in the death of her
11-month-old daughter.
A 35-year-old Plano woman has been accused of cutting off her 11
Nov. 19
TEXAS:
Supreme Court right about Texas death penalty
Gov. Rick Perry should call a moratorium on the death penalty. It needs a
lot of work.
The U.S. Supreme Court this week criticized the Texas judicial system for
failing to ensure that a citizen was given a fair trial. Thats a
Nov. 16
TEXAS:
In Texas, Death Penalty Has Many Backers
Many Texans support capital punishment, according to a poll by the Scripps
Research Center. 75 per cent of respondents back the death penalty.
Since 1976, 943 people have been put to death in the United States,
including 58 during
Nov. 10
TEXASexecution
Killer who's outlived own predictions executed
Condemned killer Frederick McWilliams, 30, was executed tonight for the
fatal shooting of a man in Houston 8 years ago during a car theft.
"Well, here we are again folks in the catacombs of justice," McWilliams
said
Oct 21
TEXAS:
Gang trial could get death-penalty status
The Justice Department is reviewing a local case against the Texas Mexican
Mafia to determine whether it warrants a death-penalty prosecution against
one of its alleged generals.
The development, revealed for the 1st time Wednesday,
Oct. 13
TEXAS:
Man charged with infant's murder
A man accused of killing an infant and seriously wounding 3 other people
in a fit of rage over a breakup has been charged with capital murder,
Dallas police said Wednesday.
Lee Frederick Taylor, 33, was charged in the shooting death of 8-mon
Oct. 12
TEXASexecution
2nd convict in Tyler gay slaying executed today
Condemned inmate Donald Aldrich was executed Tuesday for the abduction of
a homosexual East Texas man who wound up victim of a gay-bashing murder.
In a brief final statement, Aldrich apologized to the family of hi
August 19
TEXAS:
Death row inmate attacks guard
A death row inmate being escorted to his cell turned around suddenly and
stabbed a prison guard 13 times with a sharpened metal rod, but the wounds
were not considered serious, a prison spokeswoman said Wednesday.
The inmate, Jorge Salinas,
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