Year: 2009

Dec. 31 TEXAS: Fewer People Being Sent To Death Row A lack of cash is a chief reason fewer people are being sent to the deathchamber in Texas, and in […]

Dec. 18 TEXAS: Death sentences in Texas declining along with nationwide trend,anti-capital punishment group says Death sentences issued in Texas remained at historically low levels thisyear, part of a nationwide […]

Dec. 17 TEXAS: Death row inmate's appeals are rejected A Texas death row inmate whose threatening calls to a state senator a yearago prompted a lockdown of state prisons and […]

Dec. 14 TEXAS: Fewer Texas inmates sentenced to death—-The relatively new option oflife in prison without parole may be the biggest factor influencingjuries, but some observers think jurors are simply […]

Dec. 13 TEXAS: Death penalty cases more expensive than lifetime imprisonment, but localCDA says cost never a consideration Legal experts and trial attorneys agree that most people outside the legalcommunity […]

Dec. 10 TEXAS: Death Row Inmate Sues Prosecutor, Seeks DNA Test A Texas death row inmate facing execution next year has sued a Panhandleprosecutor, alleging she is denying him access […]

Dec. 10 TEXAS: Texas Death Penalty Sentencing Declines The number of new death sentences imposed in Texas this year was thelowest since the 1976 reinstatement of the death penalty, according […]

Dec. 9 TEXAS: Death penalty for guard killer in Texas escape A Texas prison inmate convicted of killing a corrections officer during aSeptember 2007 escape is headed to death row. […]