[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., OHIO, TENN., USA

2019-10-15 Thread Rick Halperin
October 15 TEXASnew death sentence Ronald Haskell Jr. sentenced to death in fatal shooting of 6 members of ex-wife's family Ronald Lee Haskell Jr. has been sentenced to death in the fatal shooting of 6 members of his ex-wife's family in 2014 — which included the execution-style

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., OHIO, TENN., USA

2019-10-12 Thread Rick Halperin
October 12 TEXAS: Dr. Phil On The Upcoming Execution Of Rodney Reed: ‘I Want A Stay Of Execution, So This Man Can Present The Truth’ Dr. Phil is tackling one of his most important topics yet this week as he fights on behalf of a man named Rodney Reed who has been on death row for 2

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., MISS., LA.

2019-10-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 3 TEXAS: Death Watch: Judge's "Horrible Bigotry" Not Enough to Force New TrialThe 5CA has denied Randy Halprin's plea as his death date nears The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals doesn't dispute that the judge in Randy Halprin's trial was a racist. But in its Sept. 23 ruli

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ALA., MISS., LA.

2019-10-01 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 1 TEXAS: Jurors to decide if Haskell a future danger to society Aurielle Lyon sobbed as she identified 4 of her nieces and nephews from their autopsy photos. She will never see Bryan Stay, 13, graduate from high school. She won’t watch Emily, 9, go through childhood with her

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., MO., ARK., UTAH, CALIF.

2019-09-06 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 6 TEXASimpending execution Jews call to halt death row inmate's execution, citing antisemitism Mr. Halprin was referred to as a “fn’ Jew” and a “G*n k**e,” Halprin’s attorney, Tivon Schardl, said in a statement. A number of Jewish groups and lawyers are urging

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., OHIO, TENN., ARK., CALIF.

2019-09-04 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 4 TEXASimpending execution Texas set to execute Billy Crutsinger in Fort Worth slayings of 2 elderly womenCrutsinger has pushed to stop his execution based on claims of bad lawyering during his trial and in the appellate process. In 2003, an 89-year-old woman and her 7

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., ORE., USA

2019-08-27 Thread Rick Halperin
August 27 TEXAS: Capital murder indictments issued in Royse City shooting deaths 2 men have been indicted on charges of capital murder in connection with the February homicides of 2 people in Royse City. The current edition of the Hunt County grand jury returned the indictments Fr

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., TENN., CALIF., ORE.

2019-08-25 Thread Rick Halperin
August 25 TEXAS: Texas Trooper passes away from surgery complications following April shooting Our sister station, KVEO has learned that Texas DPS Trooper Moises Sanchez has passed away. Trooper Sanchez was re-admitted to surgery then went into critical condition earlier in the wee

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., OHIO

2019-08-24 Thread Rick Halperin
August 24 TEXASnew execution date Judge Sets Execution Date For 'Texas 7' Inmate Patrick Murphy A Dallas County judge has set the new execution date for 'Texas 7' inmate Patrick Murphy. The judge set the new date for November 13th. Murphy was minutes away from execution in Ma

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., LA., IND., ARIZ., USA

2019-08-04 Thread Rick Halperin
August 4 TEXAS: El Paso Shooting: 21-Year-Old Suspect Patrick Crusius Likely to Face Capital Murder Charges The El Paso, Texas Walmart shooting suspect could face capital charges following an investigation, officials said during a press conference late Saturday. Police have not con

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., TENN., OKLA.

2019-07-21 Thread Rick Halperin
July 21 TEXASimpending executions Dexter Darnell Johnson's execution is scheduled to occur at 6 pm CDT, on Thursday, August 15, 2019, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. 31-year-old Dexter is convicted of the murder of 23-year-old Maria Ap

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., NEB., ARIZ., CALIF., ORE.

2019-07-12 Thread Rick Halperin
July 12 TEXAS: Texas took a decade of Alfred Brown's life. It's time to pay him back. After wrongfully convicting Alfred Brown and keeping him behind bars for 12 years, the state should stop trying to sweep him under the rug. Brown was sent to death row in 2005 for the 2003 murder

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., LA., TENN., ARIZ., CALIF., USA

2019-07-09 Thread Rick Halperin
July 9 TEXASnew execution date Execution date set for ‘Texas 7’ prisoner who accused judge of anti-Semitism A “Texas 7” escapee who filed an appeal alleging his trial judge was racist and anti-Semitic is now scheduled for execution this year, despite 2 pending legal claims stil

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., ALA., IND., KY., NEV., CALIF., USA

2019-07-03 Thread Rick Halperin
July 3 TEXAS: Death penalty dropped for man charged in murder of Breanna Wood Prosecutors say they will no longer be seeking the death penalty against the main suspect in the death of 21 year old Breanna Wood, though there is no clear indication as to why. Wood's body was found in

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., OHIO, OKLA., USA

2019-06-28 Thread Rick Halperin
June 28 TEXASnew death sentence Nueces County jury sentences man to death in West Texas deputy's 2013 slaying A Nueces County jury convicted Gary David Green on June 18 of capital murder in connection with the death of Upton County deputy Billy "Bubba" Kennedy. The same jury han

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ARK., MO.

2019-06-26 Thread Rick Halperin
June 26 TEXAS: State Won't Compensate Wrongly Convicted Ex-Death Row InmateThe Texas state comptroller has denied compensation to a man who served 12 years on death row for a murder prosecutors and a judge have said he didn't commit. The Texas state comptroller has denied compen

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., S.C., GA., FLA., ALA.

2019-06-20 Thread Rick Halperin
June 20 TEXASnew execution date Randall Mays has received an execution date for October 16; it should be considered serious. (source: MC/RH) * Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present43 Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982pre

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., ALA., LA., TENN.

2019-04-25 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ALA.

2019-04-09 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., LA., ARK., OKLA. COLO., USA

2019-03-30 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., S.C., ALA., LA., OKLA., CALIF., USA

2019-03-28 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., LA., ID., CALIF., USA

2019-03-25 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., ALA., ILL., USA, US MIL.

2019-02-11 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., S.C., GA., FLA., ALA., MISS., OHIO, TENN., WYO., ID., USA

2019-01-31 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., TENN.

2018-12-12 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., S.C., FLA.

2018-12-11 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ILL., ARIZ., USA

2018-11-26 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., ALA., TENN., ARK., IDAHO, CALIF., WASH.

2018-10-21 Thread Rick Halperin
October 21 TEXAS: Murder-for-hire suspect faces trial in plot against Dallas dentist slain in Uptown parking garage A trial begins Monday for the suspected triggerman in a murder-for-hire plot that left a pediatric dentist dead in Uptown Dallas and made the woman accused of orchestr

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., S.C., FLA., OHIO, CALIF., WASH., USA

2018-10-17 Thread Rick Halperin
October 17 TEXAS: Is the Death Penalty Worth It? It’s a Question More States Should Ask The Washington Supreme Court recently abolished the death penalty in that state, saying the practice was racially biased. That conclusion and the fact that the death penalty is extraordinarily exp

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., ALA., OHIO, TENN., CALIF.

2018-10-15 Thread Rick Halperin
October 15 TEXAS: It's wrong for an imperfect system to impose an irreversible punishment. In the remaining months of 2018, the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is likely to reach a grim milestone. Of the 4 remaining scheduled executions in Texas, 3 defendants were convicted in Fort Worth

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., S.C., ALA., KY., TENN.

2018-09-26 Thread Rick Halperin
September 26 TEXASimpending executions Texas set to execute Troy Clark Wednesday, the 1st of 2 scheduled executions in 2 daysClark was convicted in the Tyler murder of Christina Muse, whose body was found stuffed in a cement-filled barrel months after her death. Death penalty o

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., OHIO, KY., TENN. MINN., CALIF., USA

2018-09-01 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 1 TEXAS: Texas Death-Row Inmate Fights for Mitigation Expert Counsel for a Texas death-row inmate who killed his wife and daughters in a cocaine-fueled rampage told the Fifth Circuit on Friday he needs funding for an investigation that could get his sentence reduced to life in prison

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., TENN., NEB., NEV., USA

2018-08-15 Thread Rick Halperin
August 15 TEXASnew death sentence Jury delivers death sentence for Jordanian immigrant convicted of 2 Houston-area 'honor killings' A Jordanian immigrant was sentenced Tuesday to death for a pair of 2012 "honor killings" that were part of an extensive plot to kill 5 people, inclu

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ALA., OHIO, NEB., UTAH, CALIF.

2018-07-21 Thread Rick Halperin
July 21 TEXAS: Texas Matters: Transparency & Death Row - What's To Hide? This week on "Texas Matters," we look at the death penalty. Texas has executed 553 prisoners since capital punishment resumed in 1976, which is more than any other state. Over 11 years, Michelle Lyons watched

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ARK., KY., NEB.

2018-06-27 Thread Rick Halperin
June 27 TEXASimpending execution Condemned killer wants to die by firing squad or gas Attorneys for a 66-year-old Texas death row inmate say his health problems make him unsuitable for lethal injection scheduled for this week, so they're proposing he be rolled in his wheelchair i

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., TENN., KY., ARK.

2018-06-09 Thread Rick Halperin
June 9 TEXASimpending execution Houston serial killer Danny Bible's lawyers say he is too sick to execute, predict botched procedure Lawyers for Houston-area serial killer Danny Bible filed a civil rights suit Friday alleging the aging death row inmate is in such poor health th

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., ALA., OHIO, ARK.

2018-03-27 Thread Rick Halperin
March 27 TEXASimpending execution Lubbock's "suitcase killer" fights upcoming executionRosendo Rodriguez is set to die for killing a Lubbock prostitute and tossing her body in a dumpster in a suitcase. His final appeals claim the medical examiner's testimony that she was sexuall

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., S.C., FLA., ALA.

2018-02-09 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 9 TEXASdeath sentence thrown out College Station Man Resentenced For Murder After Appeals Court Throws Out Death Penalty In September 2012, a Brazos County district court jury gave a College Station man the death penalty, a decision that was thrown out 2 years ago by the Te

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., TENN.

2018-02-01 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 1 TEXASimpending execution John Battaglia to be executed Thursday after twice dodging death for murdering his daughters John David Battaglia is set to be executed Thursday - a punishment the Dallas man has twice postponed. Battaglia, 62, murdered his daughters, 9-year-ol

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., LA., OHIO, CALIF., ORE., HAW., USA

2018-01-10 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 10 TEXAS: Death penalty trials on way; Men accused of murdering BP agent 2 men accused in the 2014 death of an off-duty Border Patrol agent in Willacy County made brief appearances in court Tuesday as defense attorneys and prosecutors prepared for death penalty trials against th

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., OHIO, N.MEX., IDAHO, CALIF., WASH., USA

2018-01-08 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 8 TEXAS: East Texas man speaks after 30 years on death row For the past 3 decades, an East Texas man has been serving his sentence on death row. David Lee Lewis, 52, was convicted of killing a Lufkin woman when he was burglarizing her home back in 1986. He is appealing his dea

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA.

2017-12-07 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 7 TEXAS: Former Texas Nurse to Be Arraigned in Deaths of 5 Children An imprisoned former nurse who prosecutors believe could be responsible for the deaths of up to 60 Texas children is set to be arraigned on murder charges in the deaths of 5 children in the early 1980s. Genene

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ALA., OHIO, OKLA., USA

2017-10-11 Thread Rick Halperin
Oct. 11 TEXASimpending execution Junk Science? Unreliable Witnesses? No Matter, Texas Plans to Execute Robert Pruett AnywayThere's no physical evidence linking him the crime, but he's scheduled to die on Thursday. Robert Pruett is scheduled to be executed in Texas on October

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ALA., OKLA., IDAHO, NEV., ORE.

2017-09-04 Thread Rick Halperin
Sept. 4 TEXAS: Austin has too few defense lawyers for death penalty cases Capital murder cases are demanding of attorneys, who sometimes spend 400 hours on them. If participation continues to dwindle, the county might have to go elsewhere to find lawyers. When you see one at the

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ALA., LA., OHIO, NEV., CALIF., USA

2017-08-31 Thread Rick Halperin
August 31 TEXASstay of impending execution Bexar County delays execution because of Hurricane HarveyHurricane Harvey has delayed the execution of a San Antonio man. Bexar County officials withdrew the execution date because part of the man's defense team works in the Houston are

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., OHIO, OKLA., USA

2017-07-03 Thread Rick Halperin
July 3 TEXAS: Death penalty nearing historic lows in Texas and nationwide The death penalty is on the downswing - not just in Texas, but nationwide. A mid-year review by the Death Penalty Information Center found that the use of capital punishment is likely to hover near historic lows

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., MISS., OHIO

2017-05-20 Thread Rick Halperin
May 20 TEXAS: Inmate facing death penalty appears in Bowie County court A Texas prison inmate accused of bludgeoning a correctional officer at the Barry Telford Unit to death in 2015 appeared in court Friday for a pretrial hearing. Billy Joel Tracy, 39, was flanked by a cadre of Tex

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., ALA., LA.

2017-04-06 Thread Rick Halperin
April 6 TEXASimpending execution Death Watch: No Comfort, No ClosureJonas Cherry's parents don't want their son's killer killed 32-year-old Paul Storey is the 5th person set for a state killing this year, his execution date currently set for Wednesday, April 12. In 2006, Stor

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., S.C., GA., ALA., OHIO, IND., CALIF.

2017-03-07 Thread Rick Halperin
March 7 TEXASimpending execution Hit man in San Antonio murder-for-hire slaying set to dieRolando Ruiz is scheduled to die for the murder-for-hire slaying he carried out more than 24 years ago Rolando Ruiz walked up to a car as it pulled into the driveway of a San Antonio ho

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., ALA., MISS., TENN., ARK.

2017-03-04 Thread Rick Halperin
March 4 TEXASimpending executions Texas Prepares for Execution of Rolando Ruiz on March 7, 2017 Rolando Ruiz, Jr., is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm CST, on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. 44-year-old Rolando i

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., LA., CALIF., USA

2017-03-02 Thread Rick Halperin
March 2 TEXAS-new execution date Condemned killer in San Antonio robbery set to die May 24 A 35-year-old San Antonio man on death row for a fatal shooting during a robbery more than 13 years ago has been set to die. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said T

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., OHIO, MO.

2017-02-15 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 15 TEXAS: Sabine County grand jury re-indicts man accused in baby death for capital murder A 27-year-old Pineland man who was arrested back in December of 2014 in connection to the death of his girlfriend's 5-month-old daughter has been re-indicted on a capital murder charge, ac

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ALA., TENN.

2017-01-07 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 7 TEXASfemale may face death penalty 'Drug addict' Texas mom smirks in her mugshot after being charged with stabbing her 5-year-old daughter to death and attacking her father-in-law who tried to stop her A mom appears to be choking back laughter in her mugshot after allegedly

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ALA., TENN.

2017-01-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 3 TEXAS: Brakes applied on death penalty cases The death penalty is rare, even in Texas, where just 7 executions were carried out last year. In some places, it's almost non-existent. In Dallas and Harris Counties, not a single death sentence was handed down last year. This is go

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA. FLA., ALA., LA.

2016-12-06 Thread Rick Halperin
Dec. 6 TEXAS: Families have exchange in capital murder hearing The family of a 13-year-old shot on his grandparents' front doorstep and a relative of the man accused of the killing faced each other in a court hearing Monday. David Davila appeared briefly before 148th District Judge

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., OHIO

2016-11-29 Thread Rick Halperin
Nov. 29 TEXAS: U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Texas Death Penalty Case On Intellectual Disability It's unconstitutional to execute people with intellectual disabilities, that much the U.S. Supreme Court has made clear. But things get fuzzy when individual states try to legally determine "

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., ALA., TENN., OKLA., CALIF., USA

2016-10-05 Thread Rick Halperin
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.

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., OHIO, TENN., NEB., N.MEX., CALIF., USA

2016-10-05 Thread Rick Halperin
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 execu

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., ALA., OHIO, KAN., NEB.

2016-10-04 Thread Rick Halperin
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 Mond

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., ALA., OHIO, KY.

2016-10-01 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., ALA., OHIO, IND.

2016-09-29 Thread Rick Halperin
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. 42-year-

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., OHIO, ARK.

2016-09-20 Thread Rick Halperin
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 ja

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., OHIO, ARK., MO.

2016-09-17 Thread Rick Halperin
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 C

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., OHIO, OKLA., KAN.

2016-09-14 Thread Rick Halperin
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 Ei

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA. ALA.

2016-08-16 Thread Rick Halperin
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 fo

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., MISS., IND., ARK.

2016-07-27 Thread Rick Halperin
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 C

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ALA., NEB., ARIZ., CALIF., WASH.

2016-07-16 Thread Rick Halperin
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 Abbott#schedu

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., OHIO

2016-07-13 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., LA.

2016-07-12 Thread Rick Halperin
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 1

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ALA., LA.

2016-06-08 Thread Rick Halperin
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 Ea

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., LA., USA

2016-05-31 Thread Rick Halperin
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 R

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ALA., MISS., LA.

2016-05-17 Thread Rick Halperin
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 sen

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., TENN., IND., MO., OKLA., COLO., CALIF., USA

2016-04-29 Thread Rick Halperin
April 29 TEXAS: Terrell man found guilty in 2013 killing spreeMan convicted of killing mom in murder spree A man was found guilty in a 2013 Terrell killing spree that claimed the lives of 5 people, including his mother, his aunt, and a convenience store clerk. It took a Kaufman

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., MISS., LA., CALIF.

2016-04-07 Thread Rick Halperin
April 7 TEXAS: A Texas man is due to die because he's black Duane Buck was convicted in 1997 of murdering his ex-girlfriend and a male friend. After a Texas jury determined that he was likely to pose a continuing danger to society, it sentenced him to death. How did the jury conclude

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., ALA., OHIO, IND., KAN.

2016-03-29 Thread Rick Halperin
March 29 TEXASimpending execution Dallas man set to be executed in death of daughters, 9 and 6 Enraged over his ex-wife going to police about his harassment and likely arrest, John David Battaglia used a May 2001 visit with their 2 young daughters to avenge his anger. As their mot

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ALA., LA.

2016-03-25 Thread Rick Halperin
March 25 TEXAS: Minister jailed for protesting execution refuses to be silent At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the Rev. Jeff Hood made his stand against the death penalty. At the very moment Adam Ward was being put to death for a 2005 killing of code enforcement officer in Hunt County, the Denton re

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., MISS., OHIO, KAN., USA

2016-03-24 Thread Rick Halperin
March 24 TEXASimpending execution Does John Battaglia Remember He Murdered His Children?A father who killed his 2 young daughters is scheduled to be executed March 30 Texas will wrap up a busy month at the death chamber on Wednesday, March 30, when the state executes 60-year-o

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., ALA.

2016-03-21 Thread Rick Halperin
March 21 TEXASimpending execution Texas Man Convicted in Killing of City Worker Set to Die Attorneys for a death row inmate from North Texas who shot to death a city employee who was taking photos of junk piled up at his family's property say their client is delusional and should

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., OHIO

2016-02-24 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 24 TEXAS: Pope tells Austin bishop not to 'give up fight' against death penalty During his trip to the U.S.-Mexico border last week, Pope Francis told Austin bishops to "not lose heart or give up the fight" against the death penalty, auxiliary Bishop Daniel Garcia said Tuesday.

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., S.C., FLA., NEV, . USA, US MIL.

2016-02-22 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 22 TEXAS: Former death row inmate seeks $2 million in state compensation Former death row inmate Alfred Dewayne Brown filed a request Monday for almost $2 million dollars in state compensation saying he spent more than 12 years behind bars because he was wrongfully convicted. S

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C.

2016-02-16 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 16 TEXASexecution Texas Executes Man For 1990 MurderGustavo Garcia died by lethal injection on Tuesday for killing a store clerk during an armed robbery. Gustavo Garcia, 43, was executed in Texas on Tuesday for the 1990 murder of a liquor store clerk during an armed robb

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., ALA., OHIO

2016-02-03 Thread Rick Halperin
Feb. 3 TEXASimpending execution Texas Inmate Gustavo Garcia Receives Execution Date of February 16, 2016 Gustavo Julian Garcia is scheduled to be executed at 6 pm CST, on Tuesday, February 16, 2016, inside the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. 4

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., KAN., ARIZ., CALIF.

2016-01-24 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 24 TEXAS: Death penalty for juveniles?Charles: A 17-year-old murderer deserves death This week, Arnold Loewy and Charles Moster debate whether juveniles should be subject to the death penalty. Moster is a former litigation attorney in the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., OKLA.

2016-01-19 Thread Rick Halperin
Jan. 19 TEXASimpending execution Supreme Court refuses to review Texas death penalty case The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the case of a 42-year-old man set to die next month for the slaying of a suburban Dallas liquor store clerk. The high court, without comment Tues

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., ALA., OHIO

2015-10-21 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ALA., USA

2015-10-15 Thread Rick Halperin
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, ther

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., S.C., FLA., ALA., OHIO

2015-10-13 Thread Rick Halperin
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 1998

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., ALA., KAN., OKLA.

2015-08-20 Thread Rick Halperin
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: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Greg_Abbott_Governor_of_the_State_of_Texas_To_stay_the_execu

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., FLA., LA., MO., OKLA., NEB., COLO.

2015-08-11 Thread Rick Halperin
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 punishab

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., TENN., OHIO, OKLA., NEB.

2015-08-07 Thread Rick Halperin
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

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., USA

2015-08-05 Thread Rick Halperin
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 W

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., S.C., ALA.

2015-08-05 Thread Rick Halperin
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 t

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., ALA., LA., MO., OKLA., ARIZ., CALIF., USA

2015-07-28 Thread Rick Halperin
July 28 TEXAS: Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present9 Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-527 Abbott#scheduled execution date-nameTx. # 10-August 12Daniel Lopez--528 11-August 13-

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., LA., KAN., COLO.

2015-07-27 Thread Rick Halperin
July 27 TEXAS: Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present9 Executions in Texas: Dec. 7, 1982present-527 Abbott#scheduled execution date-nameTx. # 10-August 12Daniel Lopez--528 11-August 13-

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., OHIO, TENN.

2015-07-19 Thread Rick Halperin
July 19 TEXAS: Rodney Reed supporters waiting for court's ruling on new evidence A man convicted of murder in Bastrop County is sitting on death row and his family, friends and supporters are waiting to hear if he will be granted a new trial or exonerated by the Court of Criminal Appea

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ALA., TENN., OHIO

2015-07-03 Thread Rick Halperin
July 3 TEXAS: Gabriel Hall Trial, Other Death Penalty Cases Delayed Due To DNA Testing Law The capital murder trial of Gabriel Hall starts next month, nearly 4 years after police say he attacked an elderly couple in their home. News 3 takes a look at why death penalty cases in Texas a

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., S.C., FLA., LA.

2015-06-28 Thread Rick Halperin
June 28 TEXAS: How Anthony Graves Went from Death Row to Overseeing the Houston Crime Lab A few weeks ago, Anthony Graves began hearing rumors that he was under consideration for a spot on the Houston Forensic Science Center's board of directors - a post that would put him in a posit

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., GA., KAN., NEB., USA

2015-06-23 Thread Rick Halperin
June 23 TEXAS: Letters from Death Row: The Biology of TraumaNew studies show that trauma biologically alters the brains of young boys in ways that affect their adult behavior. Of the 41 inmates who responded to an informal Observer survey, 22 of them (54 %) reported have viole

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., S.C., FLA., KAN., USA

2015-06-22 Thread Rick Halperin
June 22 TEXAS: Death penalty view Texas has executed its 9th victim this year. The victim was injected with a single dose of pentobarbital shortly after 6pm and pronounced dead at 6.49pm. The drug's provenance is not disclosed by the state. This follows the execution of another inm

[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----TEXAS, N.C., FLA., ALA., MISS., LA.

2015-05-29 Thread Rick Halperin
May 29 TEXAS: Court to hear father's appeal in girl's killing The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to consider an appeal from an East Texas man on death row for the 2002 slaying of his 2-year-old daughter. Attorneys for Robert Roberson III, 48, say his rights were violate

  1   2   3   >