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03 May 2012 ~ 0 Comments

5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Stay of Execution for Anthony Bartee

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Ninety minutes after he was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection in Huntsville, Anthony Bartee learned that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had declined to overturn the stay of execution granted to him earlier in the day by a federal judge in San Antonio.  This effectively allowed his May 2 [...]

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27 April 2012 ~ 2 Comments

State of Texas Executes Beunka Adams

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Last night, April 26, 2012, the State of Texas carried out its fifth execution of the  year.  Beunka Adams was executed for the murder of Kenneth Vandever, 37, outside Rusk in 2002. Both Adams and his co-defendant Richard Cobb were sentenced to death for the crime.  Vandever and two women were abducted from a convenience store. [...]

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26 April 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Update on Beunka Adams: Court Lifts Stay, Execution Will Proceed

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Update as of 5:30 PM: The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to intervene in the case of Beunka Adams, allowing his execution this evening to proceed as scheduled. This will be the 5th execution to occur in Texas in 2012.

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22 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Execution Scheduled for Thursday, April 22

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William Josef Berkley is scheduled to be executed Thursday, April 22 after 6:00PM in Huntsville, Texas. Berkley was sentenced to death in 2000 for the murder of Sophia Martinez in El Paso. A last minute appeal for a postponement of execution was denied by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The following is an article [...]

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15 April 2010 ~ 0 Comments

The Impact of Hank Skinner’s Case Before the Supreme Court

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On Monday, April 19th, the United States Supreme Court is expected to decide if they will hear the case of Hank Skinner. Accepting the case would mean an indefinite stay of Skinner’s execution, with opening oral arguments taking place next Fall. If the Court rejects Skinner’s case, he could face possible execution in the next [...]

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