March 20
TEXAS:
Intellectually disabled man who murdered Dallas cop shouldn't be executed, DA
says
Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot announced Tuesday he no longer
believes that a man sentenced to death for murdering a Dallas police officer in
November 2005 should be
October 2
TEXAS:
Federal judge raises questions of innocence in condemned Harris County
cop-killer
The gunshots screeched over the static of the police radio, followed by the
last breaths of sheriff's Deputy Barrett Hill. It was the dark, pre-dawn hours
of Dec. 4, 2000, and
Jan. 31
TEXASexecution
Texas inmate executed after Supreme Court denies appeal
A Texas death row inmate was put to death Tuesday evening after the U.S.
Supreme Court denied an appeal to block his execution, saying race was a factor
in his sentencing.
William Rayford, 64, was
Oct. 21
TEXAS:
With jury chosen, court takes up final pretrial matters in capital murder case
Final pretrial matters were discussed Thursday at a hearing in the case of
Billy Joel Tracy, a Texas prison inmate facing the death penalty in the July
2015 beating death of a correctional
June 24
TEXAS:
Love gets new attorneys for capital murder retrial
Former convicted murderer Albert Leslie Love Jr. has 2 new lawyers for a
retrial of his capital murder case, including one who represented him on
appeal.
In a brief hearing Friday, Love informed 19th State District
April 9
TEXAS:
Putt-Putt killer gets stay of execution, but 'case is far from over'
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution Friday for a
man convicted in the 2006 murder of an assistant manager of a Putt-Putt golf
park in Hurst.
Paul Storey, 32, who was
Feb. 22
TEXAS:
Criminal intent protections should extend to mentally ill
There are approximately 350,000 inmates with a mental illness, yet only around
35,000 mentally ill patients in psychiatric hospitals. Mentally ill inmates
account for anywhere from 5-10 % of death row inmates.
May 7
TEXASimpending execution
Death Watch: Generations of MadnessCharles death penalty raises question of
mental illness
Next up on Texas' execution schedule - May 12 - is 32-year-old Derrick Charles.
On July 2, 2002, then-19-year-old Charles beat, strangled, sexually
Feb. 6
TEXASstay of impending execution
U.S. Supreme Court halts Texas execution of convicted killer
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold the execution by Texas of
convicted murderer Lester Bower as it considers whether to hear his full appeal
including the assertion
April 24
TEXAS:
A case to rattle anyone's confidence in Texas' criminal-justice system
Call it the case of the forgotten inmate. Or call it one of those
1-in-a-million deals, to use the words of a former lawyer for the inmate.
Either way, if this one doesn't rattle confidence in
March 19
TEXASexecution
Rapper who slit studio owner's throat is put to death after saying goodbye to
his daughter in final statement; Ray Jasper was convicted of murdering
recording studio owner David Alejandro in a 1998 robbery
A former San Antonio rapper has been executed for
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