Month: April 2011

48 Hours Anthony Graves Wrongfully Convicted

CBS “48 Hours” featured Anthony Graves on Saturday

Post author By tcadp
Post date April 20, 2011
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CBS News “48 Hours” was there when Anthony Graves walked out of jail a free man in October of 2010.

Watch the show: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7363660n&tag=contentMain;contentAux

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Texas Psychologist Banned from Criminal Cases

Post author By Kristin
Post date April 18, 2011
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Last week, the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists reprimanded psychologist George Denkowski for his unscientific testing methods in evaluating whether certain defendants in capital murder cases were intellectually […]

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Breaking News: U.S. Supreme Court Grants Stay to Cleve Foster

Post author By Kristin
Post date April 5, 2011
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The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a stay to Cleve Foster (scheduled for execution in Texas tonight, April 5) pending the disposition of his petition for rehearing the order denying […]

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Texas Judge Denies Efforts to Block New Lethal Injection Protocol

Post author By Kristin
Post date April 4, 2011
2 Comments on Texas Judge Denies Efforts to Block New Lethal Injection Protocol

On Friday, April 1, 2011 Travis County District Court Judge Stephen Yelenosky denied efforts by Texas death row inmate Cleve Foster to invalidate a new protocol for carrying out executions. […]