Kerry Max Cook was released from death row in 1997 but has never officially been declared an exoneree. Michael Hall of Texas Monthly reports on Cook’s complex case and his challenging fight to move on with his life.
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Court Ruling Could Affect Texas Death Row Cases
A Tuesday U.S. Supreme Court ruling could open the door for claims from at least two Texas death row inmates who argue that their lawyers did shoddy work.
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Anthony Graves Story on “48 Hours” Saturday
Former death row inmate Anthony Graves and his fight to be compensated for the time he spent wrongfully imprisoned will be the subject of an episode on the CBS news show 48 Hours Mystery this Saturday. We’ve got a sneak peak.
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Death Row Case is About More Than Innocence
A federal judge said in a recent ruling that he has serious concerns about whether Rob Will committed the murder he was sent to death row for, but the law prevented him from doing anything about it.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Economy, Border Issues Are Texans’ Biggest Concerns
At the national level, voters are concerned about pocketbook issues, while at home immigration is the top problem.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Root on the end of Rick Perry’s presidential campaign, Murphy on what happens to his campaign cash, Ramsey on his next act, Ramshaw, Aaronson, Murphy, Chang and Seger interactively chart the rise and fall of his run, Aguilar talks Juárez violence with a documentary filmmaker, Galbraith on the tug-of-war over surface water, Grissom and Murphy on three decades of capital punishment in Texas, Hamilton and Aaronson on our workforce needs in 2018 and Tan on the state’s much-reduced list of women’s health clinics: The best of our best content from January 16-20, 2012.
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TribCast
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 115
Ross, Reeve, Brandi and Thanh look ahead to the South Carolina primary, look back on the history of the death penalty in Texas, and discuss the current state of women’s health clinics in the state.
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Criminal Justice
Three Decades of Capital Punishment in Texas
Thirty-five years ago today, the state of Utah restarted the death penalty in the United States when Gary Gilmore was executed. Texas followed suit in 1982 and since then has executed 477 men and women, more than any other state.
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10 Most-Viewed Videos of 2011: Rick Perry, Alex Jones, Lance Armstrong
As we prepare to ring in the new year, we take a look back at some of our most-viewed videos of 2011.
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Murder Cases Put “Junk Science” in the Spotlight
Michael Morton’s tragic wrongful conviction for his wife’s murder 25 years ago illustrates the best and worst of science in the courtroom, a judge said on Monday.
