A Texas case shows that as cameras become more omnipresent, disputes over how such recordings are handled and analyzed are more likely to arise.
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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.
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Execution halted again for Dallas man who killed his daughters
John Battaglia shot and killed his two young daughters in 2001. He now has another chance to prove he is mentally incompetent to be executed.
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Justices debate definition of intellectual disability in Texas death row case
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared fairly split among party lines in Texas’ latest death penalty case, which focuses on how to define intellectual disability among death row inmates.
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Is it legal to burn a U.S. flag? A Texplainer.
President-elect Donald Trump believes those who burn the flag should be jailed. Is it legal to burn the American flag?
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Prison Guard’s Convicted Killer Wins Another Execution Stay
Robert Lynn Pruett, convicted in the 1999 stabbing death of a state correctional officer, has won another stay of execution from a Court of Criminal Appeals judge. His lethal injection was set for August 23.
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Latino Voters in Texas Sue to Bolster Influence on Electing Judges
Seeking to bolster their chronically sparse representation on the state’s highest courts, seven Latino voters are suing Texas to challenge the state’s longtime method of electing judges statewide.
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Appeals Court Halts Texas Man’s Execution in Shaken Baby Syndrome Case
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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District Attorney Drops Conviction Against Man Who Spent 20 Years on Death Row
Since 1977, prosecutors have said Kerry Max Cook raped, murdered and mutilated Linda Jo Edwards. On Monday, they set aside the conviction following claims of misconduct and DNA evidence tying another man to the crime.
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Woman Fighting 1993 Murder Conviction Gets a Key Victory
A judge has ruled that a West Texas woman convicted of setting her uncle on fire is innocent of murder, basing his decision on new analysis of evidence presented at her 1993 trial. Sonia Cacy has been on parole since 1998.
