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
January 9
TEXAS:
Supreme Court rejects appeal from former Missouri City cop on death row
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal from a former Missouri
City police officer convicted of hiring a hitman to kill his wife, 1 of 2
Houston-area death row losses in the high
January 2
TEXASimpending executions
Texas Prepares for Execution of Blaine Milam, Scheduled for January 15
Blaine Keith Milam's execution is scheduled for 6 pm CST, on Tuesday, January
15, 2019, at the Walls Unit of the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville,
Texas.
September 27
TEXASexecutions
Texas puts Daniel Acker to death, the 2nd execution in 2 daysAcker was
convicted in the 2000 murder of his girlfriend in East Texas. Her body was
found on the side of the road after neighbors said they saw him abduct her.
For the 2nd time in 1
March 23
TEXASimpending execution
Federal judge in Lubbock rejects Rodriguez death penalty appeal
A federal judge in Lubbock on Thursday denied a motion to stop the March 27
execution of Rosendo Rodriguez, who was convicted of the 2005 killing of
29-year-old Summer Baldwin who
Oct. 25
TEXASimpending execution/Mexican national
Texas set to execute Mexican national amid international dispute
Texas next month is poised to execute a Mexican national accused of rape and
murder in a case that could further inflame border tensions over apparent
violations of
July 7
TEXASnew execution date
Houston's 'Tourniquet Killer' set for October execution
He was a musician. A hard-working father. A charismatic charmer. But now, he's
just a convicted killer who has a date with death.
Houston's so-called "Tourniquet Killer" - a 55-year-old who
JULY 2
TEXAS:
Appeals court to review case of Argentine on Texas death row
A federal court has agreed to review the appeal of an Argentine man who is on
death row in Texas for a 1995 killing.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday it will examine whether
Victor
April 21
TEXAS:
Smith County District Attorney to seek death penalty in Kayla Gomez-Orozco case
When the Bullard man accused of abducting and killing 10-year-old Kayla
Gomez-Orozco goes on trial in October, he will be facing the death penalty if
found guilty.
Smith County District
April 14
TEXAS:
Court grants Duane Buck relief that could remove him from Texas death row
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted Texas death-row inmate Duane Buck
the right to pursue his claims of ineffective counsel and relief under a rule
that covers mistakes and neglect - a
March 25
TEXASimpending execution
Hurst parents make video plea to Abbott to spare their son's murdererGlenn
and Judy Cherry are pleading that Governor Greg Abbott save the life of Paul
Storey, one of the men who killed their son and was condemned to death.
What his jurors
March 21
TEXASimpending execution
Parents of slain Hurst Putt-Putt manager seek to halt killer's executio
The parents of a man slain during a robbery in 2006 in Northeast Tarrant County
have signed an affidavit calling on the state not to execute one of the killers
next month.
Jan. 4
TEXAS:
Paxton sues FDA for delaying import of death penalty drug
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday his office has filed a lawsuit
against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for delaying the state's
importation of a drug used in capital punishment.
The
Oct. 2
TEXAS:
North Texas man to face death penalty in wife's drowning
Prosecutors in North Texas say they will seek the death penalty against a man
accused of drowning his wife by throwing her off a bridge after tying a rope
attached to concrete around her neck.
The Fort Worth
Sept. 2
TEXAS:
British woman on Texas death row should not get new trial, judge says -- Linda
Carty's lawyers argued that she was denied due process in trial for 2002
kidnapping and murder of neighbor, but judge found evidence insufficient
A judge has recommended that a British woman
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
April 26
TEXAS:
Death Sentence Handed Down After 'Expert' Testifies That Black People Are
Dangerous
There's no question that Duane Buck is to blame for the 1995 double-murder of
his ex-girlfriend and her friend on July 30 in Houston. According to The
Intercept, Buck forced his way
Feb. 16
TEXASimpending execution
Attorneys for a Texas inmate facing execution for the shotgun slaying of a
suburban Dallas liquor store clerk say no late appeals are planned
No late appeals are planned for a Texas inmate facing execution for the shotgun
slaying of a suburban
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
April 9
TEXASimpending execution
Texas Set For 1st Execution Since Obtaining New Supply Of Lethal Injection
Drugs
Kent Sprouse is scheduled to be executed Thursday for the 2002 murders of a
police officer and a gas station customer.
Sprouse, 42, was convicted and sentenced
July 19
TEXAS:
Harlem Lewis guilty in slaying of Bellaire police officer
The question prosecutors and defense attorneys argued over in court Friday was:
What happened in the minute before a Bellaire police officer was shot to death?
Prosecutors said Harlem Harold Lewis III executed
May 7
TEXASimpending execution
Lawsuit: Controversy should delay Texas execution
Texas prison officials must reveal the source of their lethal injection drugs
to avoid an incident as horrific as last week's bungled execution in
Oklahoma, attorneys for a Texas death row inmate
April 23
TEXAS:
Prosecutors highlight killer's 'ugly, vulgar' past as they push for death
penalty
The punishment phase is underway for a convicted killer in McLennan County.
Monday evening, a jury found Carnell Petetan Jr. guilty of capital murder in
the shooting death of his wife,
Nov. 21
TEXAS:
DA to seek death penalty in capital murder trial
The prosecutor in the trial of an Amarillo plastic surgeon accused in a
murder-for-hire plot says he'll seek the death penalty.
Lubbock County District Attorney Matt Powell said Wednesday that he'll pursue
the death
Sept. 11
TEXAS:
Woman escapes death penalty; Faces life sentences in infant's death
Central Texas prosecutors have announced they will not seek the death penalty
against a woman previously convicted of killing a 3-month-old child she was
baby-sitting.
Cathy Lynn Henderson was days
Aug. 16
TEXAS:
Texas Again Sets Skinner Execution Date
For the 4th time, the state of Texas is scheduled to execute death row inmate
Hank Skinner for the 1993 murders of his live-in girlfriend and her 2 sons,
potentially quashing his ability to request DNA testing under a new state
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
June 5
TEXASimpending execution
Man convicted of killing girlfriend with ax set to die Tuesday
Convicted of auto theft a month before his 20th birthday, Timothy Tyler
Titsworth avoided an immediate five-year stint in prison when he was sent
to a boot camp for 2 months as a 1st-time
Jan. 11
TEXAS:
Crime lab investigator to target specific cases -- Focus will be on those
in which team suspects injustice, he says
In the wake of new revelations of incompetence - or perhaps worse - in the
Houston Police Department crime laboratory, the investigator hired to get
to the
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