Dec. 26 TEXAS: Editorial: Craig Watkins is the 2008 Texan of the Year On the surface, the courtroom scene typified old-time Texas justice. The accused killed his family, so he […]
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Bill Berkowitz,a freelance writer and longtime observer of the conservative movement, has written a piece about the death penalty for Religion Dispatches that highlights information about TCADP’s 2008 Annual Report. […]
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Dec. 18 TEXAS: Judge says defense attorney in Medina death penalty case was qualified A Dallas County judge quickly ruled Wednesday that the lead defenseattorney in the Hector Medina death […]
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Dec. 17 TEXAS: Man convicted of killing his kids could get retrial A judge will consider today whether the defense attorney for a mansentenced to die for killing his children […]
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Dec. 16 TEXAS: PRESS RELEASE—-NAACP Legal Defense Fund Wins New Trial in Death PenaltyCase After 23 years on Texas' death row, NAACP Legal Defense & EducationalFund, Inc. (LDF) client Mariano […]
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Dec. 13 TEXAS: Dallas County DA makes clear he's not 'soft on crime' Craig Watkins remains deeply conflicted about the death penalty. But as Dallas County's district attorney, he took […]
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Dec. 12 TEXAS: Death penalty system fatally flawed—-[Sam Millsap is a former BexarCounty district attorney.] According to a report released last week by the Texas Coalition to Abolishthe Death Penalty […]
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Dec. 12 TEXAS—-new death sentence Verdict in Sparks case a relief to family, friends of victims Family and friends of murder victims Chare Agnew and her 2 sons had beenwarned […]