The court denied relief on Wednesday to Wood, who never killed anyone, granting the state the opportunity to set another execution date for the 1996 murder of a store clerk in Kerrville.
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Texas executes Robert Moreno Ramos, amid pleas for case review
Lawyers for Ramos had argued that he wasn’t aware of his rights under an international treaty, and therefore didn’t receive proper legal counsel during his trial and sentencing.
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals grants new trial for death row inmate Albert James Turner
The court threw out Turner’s conviction because his defense attorneys said at trial that he had committed murder, even though Turner wanted to maintain his innocence.
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halts execution of Kwame Rockwell
It was the second time the appellate court has stopped an execution this month.
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Texas Supreme Court reverses course, will hear case over whether state can keep execution drug supplier secret
The court will hold oral arguments on whether to name a past supplier of the execution drug in January.
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Judge recommends new trial for Texas death row inmate Rigoberto Avila
The state’s highest criminal court will now weigh the recommendation.
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Texas court halts Juan Segundo execution amid questions of intellectual disability
For the second time this year, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday halted an execution based on a 2017 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
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Texas puts Daniel Acker to death, the second execution in two days
Acker 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.
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Texas executes Troy Clark, the first of two scheduled executions in two days
Clark was convicted in the Tyler murder of Christina Muse, whose body was found stuffed in a cement-filled barrel months after her death. Death penalty opponents say his conviction rested too heavily on a co-defendant’s testimony.
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Will a Texas law that overturns convictions based on bad science save this death row inmate?
The 2013 law was credited with stopping Robert Roberson’s execution two years ago, and his conviction is now under review in county court.
