The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday halted the upcoming execution of Robert Roberson. Roberson’s legal team argues that Roberson’s conviction in the death of his daughter was based on junk science.
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Former Officer Escapes Death Sentence in Police Chief’s Murder
After a five-day sentencing trial, David Risner, a former police officer, was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the shooting death of Little River-Academy Police Chief Lee Dixon.
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Appeals Court Changes Texas Death Row Inmate’s Sentence to Life
A man who sexually assaulted and fatally stabbed a 68-year-old woman during a 1995 burglary in Hidalgo County will no longer face execution after he has been determined to be intellectually disabled.
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Criminal Justice
U.S. Supreme Court to hear Texas Death Penalty Cases
The cases of death row inmates Duane Buck and Bobby James Moore will be heard next term.
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Mental Health Matters
Issue of Mental Health Assessment a Focus as 3 Fight Death Sentences
Criminal justice experts say that determining mental health can be hard for anyone, including judges, defense attorneys, prosecutors and jurors. They say the issues revealed in three cases are key in furthering the discussion in how mental health is gauged when weighing the death penalty for killers.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Court Halts Execution in Dallas Murder
The execution of a man whose original trial included a hypnotized eyewitness was stopped by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Friday evening.
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Criminal Justice
State, Lawyers Debate Identifying Execution Drug Supplier
Revealing Texas’ supplier of execution drugs could have a harmful effect on the provider and as a result leave the state empty-handed, a lawyer for the state suggested Wednesday during an appeals court hearing.
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Criminal Justice
Former Death Row Inmate Fights for Compensation
Freed after a decade on Texas death row for a murder he says he didn’t commit, Alfred Dewayne Brown thinks he’s entitled to compensation from the state, but Comptroller Glenn Hegar is saying no.
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Webb County Sees Rare Death Sentence
A Webb County jury Thursday gave Demond Bluntson a death sentence for the 2012 shooting death of his 21-month-old son and his girlfriend’s six-year-old boy. It was the county’s first death sentence in almost 25 years.
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Search Texas Death Row Inmates by County, Execution Date
Our Faces of Death Row app has some new features. Now, you can search for inmates by the county where the crime was committed and see who has an execution date scheduled.
