Texas executed more people than any other state this year, but fewer new death sentences has led to a shrinking death row population.
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halts state’s last execution of 2017
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stopped the state’s last remaining execution of 2017, sending the San Antonio case back to court to resolve claims of false testimony at trial.
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Death row inmate gets new sentencing hearing because lawyer refused to present his case
Hector Medina was sentenced to death in 2008 after killing his two young children. Now, he’s getting a new sentencing trial because his lawyer refused to present evidence to persuade jurors to opt for the lesser sentence of life without parole.
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Texas death row inmate Duane Buck has sentence reduced to life after Supreme Court orders retrial
Duane Buck, whose death sentence in a 1995 double slaying was appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court after allegations of racist testimony from an expert witness, had his sentence reduced to life in prison Tuesday.
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In Harvey's Wake
Bexar County delays execution because of Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey has delayed the execution of a San Antonio man. Bexar County officials withdrew the execution date because part of the man’s defense team works in the Houston area.
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Court halts execution of convicted child killer who claims intellectual disability
A man convicted in the sexual assault and murder of an 11-year-old girl was set to die next Wednesday. But the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stopped his execution amid claims of intellectual disability.
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Texas executes man who claimed his lawyers committed fraud
Texas carried out its fifth execution of the year Thursday evening, putting to death TaiChin Preyor in the 2004 murder of a San Antonio woman.
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Almost half of Texas’ supply of execution drugs just expired
Eight doses of the state’s supply of pentobarbital, the only drug used in Texas executions, expired on Thursday, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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Set for execution, death row inmate alleges legal fraud in hopes of a stay
With two days left before TaiChin Preyor’s scheduled execution, his lawyers have tried just about everything to stop it. That includes alleging that his previous counsel committed fraud.
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Texas death row inmate Scott Panetti to get further competency review
Texas death row inmate Scott Panetti, diagnosed with schizophrenia, will be given a new shot to prove his incompetency after a federal appeals court ruling on Tuesday.
