Every legislative session since 2003, Harold Dutton of Houston has filed at least one bill to end capital punishment in Texas. It’s often been a lonely quest.
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Supreme Court to review Texas death penalty case
The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it would review the legal complexities in a Texas death penalty case, where a man killed a 5-year-old and her grandmother.
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Texas executes first person of the year
The first execution in Texas and the United States, for the killer of two men in Fort Worth after a fake drug deal, was held Wednesday evening.
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Criminal Justice
Rodney Ellis leaves Texas Senate with criminal justice legacy
The 2017 legislative session will open without former state Sen. Rodney Ellis, a 26-year lawmaker who became a criminal justice reform titan in the upper chamber.
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Texas sues FDA over seized execution drugs
More than a year after the feds blocked Texas from importing an execution drug, Texas filed a lawsuit demanding a final decision on whether the drugs can be delivered.
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Texas judge who questions death penalty won’t seek reelection
Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Elsa Alcala, a Republican, said the main reason she won’t run is because of the “random and unreliable” results from partisan judicial elections.
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Use our database to learn more about prison units across Texas
Use the Tribune’s Texas Prison Inmates database to learn more about Texas’ prison units and the more than 143,000 inmates housed inside them.
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In light of Arizona ruling, will Texas executions change? A Texplainer
Hey, Texplainer: A federal judge in Arizona just ruled that witnesses have the right to see the full process of an execution, including the administration of lethal drugs. Will this affect how Texas carries out executions?
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In an unusual year, Texas didn’t lead the nation in executions
Texas didn’t have the busiest execution chamber this year. In fact, it had the lowest number of executions in 20 years.
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Waco man’s death sentence, conviction thrown out over seizure of texts
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals threw out the conviction and death sentence of a Waco man Friday after ruling that the trial court’s admission of text messages was unconstitutional because they were seized without a warrant.
