The latest texas death row news from The Texas Tribune.
While delivering their report, members of the subcommittee charged with reviewing the Cameron Todd Willingham case said that though they believe the science used to convict the Corsicana man was flawed, they aren't prepared to say the fire investigator, whose testimony was used to convict him, committed professional misconduct. Full Story
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Sharon Keller got a "public warning" from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for refusing to keep her office open past 5 pm on the day a Texas death row inmate was scheduled to die. Full Story
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More than 120 college students worked 12,300 hours-plus on Innocence Project of Texas cases from 2007 to 2009, according to the Task Force on Indigent Defense. As student participation has increased, so have exonerations. Full Story
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After a series of investigative reports revealed serious problems with the quality of legal representation for indigent defendants on Texas death row, lawmakers created the Office of Capital Writs. California lawyer Brad Levenson will be moving to Texas to open the new office and attempt to restore some confidence in the state's busy system of capital punishment. Full Story
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Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs Full Story
Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs Full Story
Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs Full Story
Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs Full Story
Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs Full Story
Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs Full Story
Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs Full Story
Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Office of Capital Writs. Full Story
Brad Levenson, newly hired director of the soon-to-be-opened Texas Office of Capital Writs Full Story
Seven of the jurors who sent Hank Skinner to death row for the murders of his girlfriend, Twila Busby, and her two sons now say they want the state to test all the DNA available in the case. Full Story
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Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, under fire at home for his handling of an investigation into Democratic county constables, played defense before an Austin crowd this morning in a TribLive interview with the Tribune's Evan Smith. Full Story
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Death row inmate Hank Skinner bought himself some time Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to address whether he can bring a federal civil rights lawsuit instead of making a habeas corpus claim. But legal experts say he's unlikely to escape his ultimate punishment. Full Story
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The U.S. Supreme Court announced this morning that it will take up Texas death row inmate Hank Skinner's case. Full Story
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We've updated our Texas prisons app to include data and visualizations about inmates from each of the state's 254 counties. Full Story
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and University of Texas professor, whose latest book is a modern history of capital punishment in America, says he doesn't oppose the death penalty — but he believes it's scandalously implemented in Texas. Full Story
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Since his appointment, the alternately amiable and peevish, typically cowboy-boot-shod chairman of the Texas Forensic Science Commission has comported himself as a virtuoso of the bureaucratic dawdle. With the commission's investigation of the now-notorious Cameron Todd Willingham case "still in its infancy," John Bradley has this to say about when it might conclude its review: "However long it takes, that’s however long it takes.” Full Story