With new execution drugs in stock, the state is fighting a June Texas Supreme Court decision that would identify a 2014 supplier, claiming it would disrupt the state’s ability to carry out the death penalty.
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Texas executes Chris Young, who fought the state parole board in a final appeal
The death row inmate claimed that the parole board likely rejected his clemency petition because he was black. The argument highlighted a long-standing criticism of clemency in Texas.
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Families of Chris Young and the man he killed call for a halt to his execution
At a small rally in San Antonio’s main plaza, faith leaders joined Chris Young’s aunt and the son of the man he killed to call for a stop to Young’s execution next week.
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Texas buys new execution drugs before current doses expire
Last month, Texas seemed to be running out of execution drugs. But records show that it has obtained 14 new doses and extended the expiration date of eight more doses already in its possession. Here’s a look at the state’s current supply, which is now adequate to handle all scheduled executions.
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Families Divided
Analysis: On immigrants, death penalty and pot, Texans’ views now look more like the rest of the country
This looks like a year where the rule of “all politics is local” is out. The findings from the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll make it seem that “all politics is national.”
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Danny Bible executed for a 1979 rape and murder, despite claims that he was too sick for lethal injection
The death row inmate argued that officials likely wouldn’t be able to find a vein, and he proposed that the state instead use a firing squad or nitrogen gas. His execution proceeded with no indication of trouble injecting the drugs.
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Led by Democrats and young adults, most Texas voters want to legalize marijuana, UT/TT Poll finds
Most Texans are ready to legalize marijuana, but political obstacles remain, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Texas court upholds Bobby Moore’s death sentence, rejecting broadly supported claim of intellectual disability
After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Texas’ method for determining intellectual disability in Moore’s death penalty case last year, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decided on Wednesday to change its standards but said Moore still didn’t qualify.
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stops scheduled execution over claims of intellectual disability
Clifton Williams was set to be executed June 21 for the East Texas home robbery and murder of a 93-year-old woman.
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Will Texas have to push back the expiration dates on its lethal injection drugs?
Texas currently has eight executions scheduled through October, but records obtained on Monday showed that most of the drugs the state had in stock were set to expire in July.
