The state put to death 13 men this year. That’s more than half the total number of people executed in the entire country: 25. Still, the death row population — both here and nationwide — is at a historic low.
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rules against prosecutors in Ken Paxton payment case
The court agreed in December to weigh in on an obstacle to Paxton’s long-running legal drama, a fight over more than a year’s payment for the prosecutors working on the case.
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In campaigns for Texas’ top courts, judicial candidates must rely on party ID
In these down-ballot, low-information races, judges’ success often depends on the party leaders at the top of the ballot.
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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 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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Federal judge upholds Texas’ partisan statewide judicial elections system
A federal judge has ruled for Texas in a long-running challenge to the state’s system of electing judges to its two highest courts.
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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.
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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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Lawsuit claims one of Texas’ top Republican judges fired his secretary for supporting Democrats on social media
Olga Zuniga, who worked as a secretary on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for 14 years, claims she was fired by her Republican boss for her social media posts favoring Democrats.
