Sept. 14
TEXAS:
Hudson murder trial could face lengthy delay
William Hudson, 33, has been indicted on 3 counts of capital murder in the
massacre of 2 families at a hunting campsite in the East Texas town of
Tennessee Colony.
Health problems suffered by William Mitchell Hudson's
April 5
TEXASimpending execution
South Texas man set to die said he drank victim's blood
Pablo Lucio Vasquez remembered getting drunk and high on an April evening in
1998 before leaving a party with his 15-year-old cousin and his cousin's
12-year-old friend.
Vasquez later would
March 16
TEXASnew execution date
Gregory Russeau has been given an execution date for June 18; it should be
considered serious.
(sources: TDCJ Rick Halperin)
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Executions under Greg Abbott, Jan. 21, 2015-present4
Executions in Texas: Dec. 7,
Nov. 24
TEXAS:
Will Texas Kill an Insane Man?
On Dec. 3, Texas plans to execute an inmate named Scott Panetti, who was
convicted in 1995 for murdering his in-laws with a hunting rifle. There is no
question that Mr. Panetti committed the murders. There is also no question that
he is
Oct. 28
TEXASimpending execution
San Antonio Man Set to Be Executed Tuesday
A former San Antonio gang member is scheduled for execution Tuesday evening for
his part in a 2002 triple slaying.
Miguel Angel Paredes, 32, was convicted for the shooting deaths of Adrian
Torres, 27;
Sept. 2
TEXAS:
Doubts soften embrace of Texas capital punishment
Perhaps nothing symbolizes this state's swagger over being tough on crime like
Old Sparky, an electric chair that was used to execute 361 inmates and is now
the centerpiece of a prison museum.
It sits just minutes from
Sept. 19
TEXASimpending execution
Killer of 5 at Dallas-area car wash set to die
The Texas parole board has rejected a clemency request from a convicted killer
set to die this week for a robbery and shooting spree that left 5 people dead
at a Dallas-area car wash 12 years ago.
