Texas puts Daniel Acker to death, the second execution in two days
Acker was convicted in the 2000 murder of his girlfriend in East Texas. Her body was found on the side of the road after neighbors said they saw him abduct her. Full Story
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![Daniel Acker is set for execution on Thursday, Sept. 27 for the 2000 death of his girlfriend in Hopkins County.]()
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Texas executes Troy Clark, the first of two scheduled executions in two days
Clark was convicted in the Tyler murder of Christina Muse, whose body was found stuffed in a cement-filled barrel months after her death. Death penalty opponents say his conviction rested too heavily on a co-defendant's testimony. Full Story
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![Troy Clark is set to be executed on Wednesday, Sept. 26 for the 1998 drowning death of a woman in Tyler.]()
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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. Full Story
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![Robert Roberson in court for the review of his 2003 conviction in the death of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in Palestine on August 14, 2018. His attorneys are asking for a new trial based on new scientific evidence.]()
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After loss at state Supreme Court, Texas keeps fighting to conceal its execution drug supplier
With new execution drugs in stock, the state is fighting a June Texas Supreme Court decision that would identify a 2014 supplier, claiming it would disrupt the state's ability to carry out the death penalty. Full Story
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Texas executes Chris Young, who fought the state parole board in a final appeal
The death row inmate claimed that the parole board likely rejected his clemency petition because he was black. The argument highlighted a long-standing criticism of clemency in Texas. Full Story
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![Chris Young, sentenced to death for the 2004 shooting of Hasmukh Patel.]()
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Families of Chris Young and the man he killed call for a halt to his execution
At a small rally in San Antonio's main plaza, faith leaders joined Chris Young's aunt and the son of the man he killed to call for a stop to Young's execution next week. Full Story
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![Valerie Harris, aunt and spiritual advisor of Christopher Young, speaks during a press conference for on Main Plaza in San Antonio on July 10, 2018. Young is scheduled for execution next week.]()
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Texas buys new execution drugs before current doses expire
Last month, Texas seemed to be running out of execution drugs. But records show that it has obtained 14 new doses and extended the expiration date of eight more doses already in its possession. Here's a look at the state's current supply, which is now adequate to handle all scheduled executions. Full Story
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Analysis: On immigrants, death penalty and pot, Texans’ views now look more like the rest of the country
This looks like a year where the rule of "all politics is local" is out. The findings from the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll make it seem that "all politics is national." Full Story
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Danny Bible executed for a 1979 rape and murder, despite claims that he was too sick for lethal injection
The death row inmate argued that officials likely wouldn't be able to find a vein, and he proposed that the state instead use a firing squad or nitrogen gas. His execution proceeded with no indication of trouble injecting the drugs. Full Story
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![Danny Bible received the death sentence in 2003 after confessing to the 1979 slaying of Inez Deaton.]()
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Led by Democrats and young adults, most Texas voters want to legalize marijuana, UT/TT Poll finds
Most Texans are ready to legalize marijuana, but political obstacles remain, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Full Story
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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. Full Story
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![The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Bobby Moore, a man who has been on death row since 1980, in March 2017.]()
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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. Full Story
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![Clifton Williams was sentenced to death for the 2005 murder of a 93-year-old woman during a home robbery in Smith County.]()
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Will Texas have to push back the expiration dates on its lethal injection drugs?
Texas currently has eight executions scheduled through October, but records obtained on Monday showed that most of the drugs the state had in stock were set to expire in July. Full Story
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Texas executed Juan Castillo, who said he was innocent, for 2003 San Antonio murder
A Texas death row inmate was executed Wednesday — his fourth execution date in a year. Though advocates and his attorneys insisted on Juan Castillo's innocence, he lost all his fights in court and was put to death for a 2003 San Antonio murder. Full Story
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Harris County appoints investigator to look into former death row inmate's innocence claim
Nearly three years after his release from prison, Alfred Dewayne Brown is still trying to get state compensation for his years spent on Texas' death row. On Wednesday, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced an independent review of Brown's innocence claim. Full Story
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Texas executes Erick Davila, who killed two people including a 5-year-old girl
Erick Davila was executed Wednesday evening for a 2008 shooting at a child's birthday party that left his rival gang member's mother and 5-year-old daughter dead. His case was heard and ultimately rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court last year. Full Story
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![Death row inmate Erick Davila was convicted of the 2008 murders of a Fort Worth woman and her five-year-old granddaughter.]()
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Exonerated man on Texas request for faster death penalty appeals: "I would have been executed"
Defense lawyers, legal groups and former federal judges also point to cases of people taken off death row as they oppose the state's push for faster federal death penalty appeals. Full Story
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![Texas death row exoneree Anthony Graves speaks with reporters on Jan. 29, 2016.]()
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Texas executes Lubbock “suitcase killer”
Rosendo Rodriguez was executed Tuesday for killing a Lubbock prostitute and tossing her body in a dumpster in a suitcase. His final appeals questioned the medical examiner's testimony that she was sexually assaulted before her death. Full Story
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![Rosendo Rodriguez is on Texas' death row for the 2005 murder of 29-year-old Summer Baldwin and her unborn child.]()
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U.S. Supreme Court orders lower court to reconsider Texas death row inmate's appeal
Carlos Ayestas, 48, said he wants to explore evidence of his mental illness, brain injuries or drug use that wasn't brought up during his trial for the murder of a 67-year-old woman. Full Story
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![Carlos Ayestas was sentenced to death for the murder of Santiaga Paneque, who was killed during a robbery in her home in Houston in 1995.]()
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Three Republicans vie for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals seat, replacing death penalty critic
Judge Elsa Alcala of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is a zealous opinion writer and critic of death penalty law. But after seven years on the bench, she's stepping down. Here are the three Republicans who are vying for her seat. Full Story
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![Left to right: Jay Brandon, Michelle Slaughter and Dib Waldrip, the three Republican candidates for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8.]()
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