Moore was sentenced to death in 1980 in the fatal shooting of an elderly store clerk during a Houston robbery.
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Texas lawmakers ask Gov. Greg Abbott to stop execution of Rodney Reed, whose guilt is widely doubted
Rodney Reed’s guilt in the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites has been questioned for decades. A bipartisan group of lawmakers join national calls to stop his upcoming execution.
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Clerical concern prompts the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to halt Ruben Gutierrez’s execution
Gutierrez was sentenced to death in the 1998 Brownsville killing of an elderly woman.
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“Texas Seven” member Randy Halprin wins stay of execution amid claim of anti-Semitic judge
Halprin’s lawyers had requested the stay amid allegations that the judge who handled his case made racist and anti-Semitic comments during his time on the bench.
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Judge halts execution for man convicted of killing two Henderson County deputies
Randall Mays was scheduled to be executed Oct. 16, but the judge removed the death warrant amid questions that Mays may not be mentally competent to be put to death.
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Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger sentenced to 10 years in prison in murder of Botham Jean
Guyger could have received as few as five years or a sentence of up to life in prison.
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A trial judge recommended taking Paul Storey off death row. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said no.
The state’s highest criminal court rejected the judge’s finding that Storey should be resentenced to life in prison after prosecutors falsely said at trial that the murder victim’s family wanted the death penalty.
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Texas executes Robert Sparks after brutal deaths of his stepsons, wife
Sparks was convicted in the 2007 stabbing deaths of his family members in his Dallas home. His lawyers sought to stop his execution with arguments of intellectual disability and a jury tainted by a bailiff wearing a syringe tie.
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Texas court halts the execution of Stephen Barbee to consider U.S. Supreme Court precedent
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay in Barbee’s case. He was scheduled to be executed Oct. 2.
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Texas executes Mark Soliz for a 2010 Johnson County slaying. He said fetal alcohol disorder should have excluded him from death.
Soliz and another man were convicted in the shooting death of a Johnson County woman during a robbery in her home. His lawyers pushed to stop his execution, saying fetal alcohol spectrum disorder should be treated like an intellectual disability.
