Oct. 2
TEXAS:
Texas, top state for executions, may go a year without a death penalty
conviction
Texas may end 2015 without imposing a sentence of capital punishment, a
milestone that parallels declining public support for capital punishment in a
state that had been sending the most p
Aug. 21
TEXAS:
Fifth Circuit Rejects Duane Buck's Appeal of Racially Biased Death Sentence
Should a person's skin color help determine whether or not they get the death
penalty? A doctor at Duane Buck's sentencing hearing told the Harris County
jury that Buck's race was a factor that m
Oct. 28
TEXASexecution
Texas executes ex-gang member for the 2000 shooting deaths of 3 rivals in San
Antonio
A former gang member was put to death Tuesday evening for the fatal shootings
of 3 rivals 14 years ago in San Antonio.
Miguel Paredes, 32, was convicted along with 2 othe
Jan. 2
TEXAS:
Skinner attorneys: DNA points to uncle as the killer
An advisory submitted to the 31st District Court in Pampa and the Texas
Attorney General's office by convicted murderer Hank Skinner's attorneys points
to Robert Donnell, Twila Busby's deceased uncle, as the real killer
Nov. 19
TEXAS:
Houston woman avoids possible death sentence with guilty plea to killing mom,
snatching infant
A Houston woman accused of killing a mother and abducting her newborn son last
year avoided a possible death sentence by pleading guilty Tuesday and accepting
a sentence of l
March 19
TEXAS:
Abbott Backs Ellis' DNA Testing Bill
Expressing his support for a bill that would require DNA testing of "all
biological evidence" before trial in death-penalty cases, Attorney General Greg
Abbott said the measure would help save the state from going through years of
co
Nov. 6
TEXAS:
Witnesses: Man Convicted Of Capital Murder Has Violent History
Witnesses testified Monday about violent incidents involving convicted killer
Ricky Donnell Cummings, 23, as prosecutors tried to make a case for the death
penalty.
Prosecutors rested their case in the puni
Aug. 14
TEXAS2 new execution dates set
Donnie Roberts has been given an execution date for Oct. 31, and Rigoberto
Avila, Jr. has been given a Dec. 12 execution date. They should both be
considered serious.
(sources: TDCJ & Rick Halperin)
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Executions under Rick
July 12
TEXAS:
Condemned woman loses federal appeal
A woman on Texas death row lost a federal court apeal Wednesday, movingh her
closer to execution for the fatal stabbing and bludgeoning of a 71-year-old
neighbor in Lancaster 15 years ago.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Ne
June 25
TEXAS:
Don't let Texas be the last
Our Texas legislature cannot ignore the fact that the days of the death penalty
are slowly coming to an end. There are now 17 states that have abolished the
death penalty, and 5 of those repeals have happened within the past 5 years.
Death
April 30
TEXAS:
DA weighs death penalty in Padron caseBrandon Daniel, 24, charged with
capital murder
More than 3 weeks after the murder of Senior Police Officer Jaime Padron, the
accused remains in jail awaiting whether Travis County District Attorney
Rosemary Lehmberg will seek t
April 11
TEXAS:
Time to end death penalty in Texas
2 events last week -- 1 in the Connecticut Senate chamber, the other in a
Dallas courtroom -- helped once again to focus attention on 2 of the nation's
most glaring flaws: wrongful convictions and capital punishment.
In Dallas, 3 mor
Feb. 24
TEXASnew execution date
Marcus Druery has been given an execution date of August 1; it should be
considered serious.
(sources: TDCJ & Rick Halperin)
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Dallas district attorney urges review of death penalty
District Attorney Craig Watkins, who has actively w
Jan. 24
TEXASimpending execution
Texas parole board won't block Thursday execution
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has rejected a clemency petition that
sought to keep convicted murderer Rodrigo Hernandez from the death chamber
later this week in Huntsville.
The board vote
Jan. 16
TEXAS:
Upcoming Texas executions
The next 5 executions scheduled in Texas:
Date Name County
01/26/12 Rodrigo Hernandez Bexar
02/01/12 Donald Newbury Dallas
02/28/12 Anthony Bartee Bexar
02/29/12 George Rivas Dallas
03/07/12 Keith Thurmond Montgomery
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2011 Texas executio
Jan. 5
TEXAS:
Mental retardation cited in death row appealLawyers say their client's
rights would be violated.
A man on Texas' death row for the 1997 killing of a Kerrville rancher is asking
a judge to set aside his capital punishment, arguing his constitutional rights
would be v
Jan. 3
TEXAS:
No change in ‘capital of capital punishment'Texas will continue as the
nation's leading state for executions.
With 6 executions scheduled for the 1st 3 months of 2012 — and more than twice
as many executions as any other state last year — Texas continues to lead the
Jan. 28
TEXASimpending execution
Execution set for Wednesday for convicted killer
Neighbors watched in horror while a gunman repeatedly shot 27-year-old
Veronica Fuentes as she fell to her knees in the front yard outside her
trailer home in Brazoria County, south of Houston.
The carn
Jan. 22
TEXASimpending execution
Man convicted of strangling stepmother set to die
When convicted rapist Reginald Perkins was sentenced to life in prison in
Ohio in 1981, authorities who suspected him of 3 murders in Cleveland but
didn't have enough evidence to charge him figured he'd
Jan. 8
TEXASnew execution date
Kenneth Morris has been given an execution date for March 4; it should be
considered serious. In addition, Jose Briseno, who was scheduled to be
executed on January 15, has been given a new execution date of April 7;
this remains a serious date.
(sources:
Dec. 18
TEXAS:
Judge says defense attorney in Medina death penalty case was qualified
A Dallas County judge quickly ruled Wednesday that the lead defense
attorney in the Hector Medina death penalty trial was qualified for the
job, even though her name was not on a list of attorneys approv
Sept. 7
TEXAS2 females face death penalty
Pasadena mom, daughter charged with capital murder
2 teenagers, under orders from a woman to get money, fatally stabbed a
75-year-old bar owner outside his Pasadena home earlier this week, using
knives she gave them, police said.
As the teens
July 15
TEXAS:
Escapee pleads not guilty to murder
A former Celina resident facing the death penalty for killing a state
prison guard during an escape attempt entered a not-guilty plea earlier
this week.
Jerry Duane Martin, 38, and fellow inmate John Ray Falk Jr., 41, entered
their not-g
June 17
TEXAS:
Court orders execution warrant reinstated
A Texas appeals court ordered the reinstatement of an execution warrant
for condemned killer Charles Dean Hood.
The Court of Criminal Appeals said state District Judge Curt Henderson did
not have its permission to act to spare Hood
May 23
TEXAS:
A severe, appropriate sentence
It is always surprising to see that some people describe a life sentence
in a Texas prison without possibility of parole as "getting away with
murder." This severe sentence given to Juan Leonardo Quintero is an
appropriate punishment for tak
Jan. 16
TEXAS:
2nd accused killer in infamous KFC mass slayings wants new judge
1 of 2 men accused in the notorious Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant
killings committed a quarter-century ago wants the judge removed from his
upcoming trial.
Darnell Hartsfield is facing a possible death se
Sept. 23
TEXAS:
The Juan Lizcano trial
Accused didn't offer an equal opportunity
Re: "Man not fit for trial, lawyers say - They say suspect in officer's
slaying has low IQ; judge orders exam," Tuesday Metro.
Juan Lizcano It also should not take a rocket scientist to flag an illegal
alien
Sept. 1
TEXAS:
Timely judgment
Gov. Perry was wise to acknowledge flaws in Kenneth Foster's death
sentence.
>From his cell on death row, Kenneth Foster didn't pretend to be an
innocent. In 1996, Foster drove the car in a nighttime crime spree,
ferrying friends to 2 armed robberies before
August 21
TEXAS:
EU urges Texas to halt executions
The European Union today urged Texas Governor Rick Perry to halt
executions. It also called on him to introduce a moratorium on capital
punishment in the United States' busiest death penalty state.
In an unusual direct appeal, the EU said
June 26
TEXAS:
Hoping to avoid execution, killer cites low IQHis attorneys are
relying on a 2002 ruling in a mental retardation case
Attorneys for a Houston man sent to death row in 1994 for killing his
ex-girlfriend and her daughter are hoping that a 5-year-old Supreme Court
ruling th
April 23
TEXAS:
San Antonio death-row inmate loses high court appeal
A street gang member condemned for his role as the driver of the car used
during a fatal shooting amid a night-long robbery spree lost an appeal
Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Kenneth Eugene Foster, 30, in his thi
Feb. 13
TEXAS:
Father on trial in baby's deathProsecutor says 5-month-old had the
kind of injuries seen in high-speed wreck.
An Austin father is on trial for capital murder and injury to a child in
state district court in Travis County, accused of killing his
five-month-old son in Ma
Nov. 6
TEXASimpending execution
US inmate condemned for slaying set for execution Wednesday
A U.S. inmate was set to die Wednesday evening for killing a 38-year-old
man who, unbeknownst to him, was in the federal Witness Protection
Program.
Willie Shannon, 33, was set for execution i
Oct. 19
TEXAS:
Witnesses: Hernandez not mentally retarded
Witnesses for the prosecution testified Wednesday that the man on death
row for the 1997 killing of a former Schreiner College professor was
beaten and emotionally abused as a child, got food from a Mexican dump and
had very little
August 31
TEXASexecution
Frazier executed for slayings of woman, son
Texas death row inmate Derrick Frazier was executed today for the slayings
of a South Texas mother and her teenage son at their home 9 years ago.
Frazier, 29, was the 2nd convicted murderer to die for the shooting deat
August 31
TEXAS:
Court OKs probe in Cantu caseBexar DA stays on the case after judges
reject conflict appeal
The state's highest criminal court refused Wednesday to halt the ongoing
investigation of a possible wrongful execution, leaving Bexar County's
district attorney in charge of the
August 23
TEXASimpending execution
Convicted killer in East Texas slaying set to die Thursday
Death row inmate Justin Fuller acknowledges being present when a
21-year-old Tyler man was abducted and robbed in 1997, but he says he
didn't kill the victim or show the body to friends and s
July 10
TEXAS:
2 Waco brothers accused in deadly fire
2 brothers have been charged with capital murder in a 1999 fire that
killed the ex-wife of one of the men as well as her 1-year-old daughter,
police said today.
William Mark Gibson, 29, was arrested Friday and remained in the McLennan
June 7
TEXAS:
State attempts to avoid retrialLawyers ask Supreme Court to overturn
ruling on death row inmate
In a last-ditch effort to avoid giving death row inmate Anthony Graves a
new trial, state attorneys are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a
ruling that the prosecution wi
Apr. 11
TEXAS:
Experts agree with Schlosser verdict
District Judge Chris Oldner reluctantly ruled Plano mother Dena Schlosser
innocent by reason of insanity in the murder of her 10-month old daughter
on Friday.
While Oldner said that he had no other choice but to make the
determination, lo
April 10
TEXAS:
Mother avoids death penalty in child beating case
The mother of 5-year-old beating victim Daisy Perales avoided a possible
death sentence and was sentenced to 52 years in prison on Monday after
pleading guilty to a lesser charge of injury to a child.
Ruby Jacquez, 26, ent
April 8
TEXAS:
State delays death row inmate's execution
The execution date for a death row inmate from Beaumont has been withdrawn
pending a federal appeals court's review of his mental capacity, a Texas
Attorney General's Office spokesman said.
Marvin Lee Wilson, 48, was scheduled to b
March 30
TEXASfemale may face death sentence
Longview Woman Charged In Child's Death
A Longview woman is charged with killing a 2-year old girl. Police
arrested 31 year old Shondreta Thomas for allegedly hitting and shaking
the child at her home on Rockwood Lane. The girl was airlifted
Feb. 22
TEXAS:
Jurors convict Max Soffar in murder retrial
A Harris County jury today has convicted Max Soffar for the slaying of 3
northwest Houston bowling alley workers.
Soffar has already spent more than 20 years on death row before his
conviction was overturned in 2004 when a panel
Feb. 8
TEXASexecution
Convicted torture killer of 19-year-old girl executed
A paroled burglar who claimed he wanted to be a serial killer of
minorities was executed tonight for the torture-slaying 8 years ago of a
19-year-old mentally impaired woman who once worked with him.
Robert N
August 19
TEXAS:
Stop the execution of Frances NewtonThe state of Texas plans to kill
an innocent Black woman on Sept. 14
Frances Elaine Newton, 38, could soon be the 1st African American woman
executed in modern Texas history, despite resounding questions of whether
she is guilty a
August 11
TEXAS:
Prosecutors accused of witholding evidence -- Capital murder case latest
in TCB trials
A defense attorney is turning the tables on the Hidalgo County District
Attorneys office, accusing prosecutors of tampering with witnesses and
withholding evidence in the latest case in
August 10
TEXASexecution
Inmate tied to 4 slayings executed in Huntsville
A former farm worker from central Texas was executed this evening for
using a car bumper jack to fatally beat and rob a man during a violent
spree 17 years ago that authorities said left 3 other people dead.
Ga
June 15
TEXAS:
Rosenberg man on trial in death of young child
A Rosenberg man accused of fatally beating the 3-year-old son of his
girlfriend in 2003 is on trial for capital murder.
Juan Carlos Guerrero, 19, faces the possibility of the death penalty for
what the Rosenberg Police Depart
March 9
TEXAS:
Driver Said to Be 'Most Cruel' in Smuggling Attempt - Prosecution says
Tyrone Williams let 19 die in his trailer. The defense says he's being
singled out.
A driver who hauled a tractor-trailer full of undocumented immigrants
through Texas proved that he was the "most cruel a
Feb. 13
TEXAS:
Experts question judge's ethicsThey say a line was crossed when she
intervened in an inmate's appeal
RESOURCES
-Created: Independent agency created by an amendment to the Texas
Constitution in 1965.
-Duties: Responsible for investigating allegations of judicial miscon
Feb. 15
TEXAS:
Statement detailing abduction is read at trial
Asel Abdygapparova gave detectives a grisly account of a night in 2001
when a single mother was snatched from a bus stop, beaten, bound and taken
to a motel where she was raped. The victim, Rosa Maria Rosado, 37, was
later strang
Jan. 24
TEXASimpending execution
Metallica Murderer Set to Die
The ecstasy experienced by convicted killer Troy Kunkle has been agony for
the father of his victim.
Their roles, however, could be reversed if defense lawyers fail to block a
6th execution date for Kunkle, who faces let
Dec. 2
TEXAS:
Death penalty reform: On Nov. 15, state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston,
filed his perennial bill seeking to ban the execution of the mentally
retarded. Ellis filed similar legislation in 1999, 2001, and 2003, and
although the U.S. Supreme Court in 2002 banned the practice of exe
Nov. 12
TEXASnew death sentence
Man gets death penalty in slayingHe fatally shot mentally disabled
worker during a restaurant robbery
A 22-year-old man was sentenced to death Friday for the fatal shooting of
a mentally disabled cashier during the robbery of a Whataburger restaurant
Sept. 17
TEXAS:
Attorney found dead in hotel room -- Lawyer part of local capital murder
trial
In Pharr, a San Diego, Texas, criminal defense attorney who was in town
for a capital murder case was found dead Thursday afternoon in a room at
the Motel 6. Cocaine residue was nearby, police s
July 21
TEXAS:
Former death row inmate sentenced to life
A man sent to Texas death row for his part in a 1993 slaying in Plainview
was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.
Joe Lee Guy, 32, was convicted and sentenced to death in 1994.
But a federal judge in Lubbock last month threw o
June 16
TEXAS:
Death Penalty Law: It's a crime for expert witness to set sentence
In Texas, we execute criminals not for what they did, but for what they
might do.
Convicted murderer David Harris has a date with the executioner June 30
for having killed a man in a Beaumont gunfight. But
June 12
TEXAS:
Grand jury doesn't indict former head of DNA lab
A Harris County grand jury on Friday declined to indict the former head of
the Houston Police Department's DNA laboratory, who was accused of lying
in his testimony in a sexual assault trial 2 years ago.
The case against Jim
June 5
TEXASfemale may face death penalty
Texas woman charged in baby death by chili powder
A Texas woman has been charged with capital murder in the death of her
baby daughter, who was suffocated with chili powder, police said on
Friday.
The woman, Angela DiSabella, 19, said she had
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