Year: 2008

April 8 TEXAS: Murderer aims to speed up execution—-Selwyn Davis expected to pursueonly a required appeal. In a move that could trim his stay on Texas' death row from the […]

April 7 TEXAS: "Music for Life" Concert Starring Sara Hickman and Mayor John Cook Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Time: 7:30 p.m. WHAT: "Music for Life," a concert starring Austin singer-songwriter […]

April 5 TEXAS: Crime and Courts—-Juan Melendez can still hear the hum of the electricchair as it burned the life out of his friends; Death penalty errorsargued by panel at […]

April 3 TEXAS: Advertisement After confession, Smith sentenced to 3 life sentences 8 months after authorities discovered the body of Daliah Sanders shot todeath in the trunk of a car […]

April 3 TEXAS: Death penalty out in slaying—-Lower Valley couple charged in death ofgirl, 3 A Lower Valley woman and her common-law husband will not face the deathpenalty if convicted […]

April 2 TEXAS—-new death sentence Body In Suitcase Brings Death Penalty—-Experts: Victim May Have BeenAlive When Left In Trash Bin In Canyon, a jury has given the death penalty to […]

April 1 TEXAS: Court upholds conviction for Dallas death row inmate A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a Texas death rowinmate condemned for abducting a Dallas man […]

April 1 TEXAS: Supreme Court rejects appeal by death row inmate from Fort Worth The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the case of a FortWorth killer […]