Year: 2008

Nov. 13 TEXAS—-execution Ex-con from NY executed for soldier's slaying A New York parolee with an extensive criminal record was executed Thursdaynight for robbing, raping and fatally shooting an Army […]

Nov. 13 TEXAS—-impending execution Ex-con from NY to die for soldier's slaying Twice-convicted robber Denard Manns says he planned to get a new startwhen he was paroled from a New […]

Nov. 12 TEXAS—-execution Harris County man executed for 1994 slaying A Houston-area man condemned for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend'ssister during an attack that also seriously wounded the formergirlfriend's mother and […]

Nov. 12 TEXAS—-impending execution Harris County man to die for slaying 14 years ago Apparently irate over his girlfriend leaving him, George Whitaker IIIshowed up at her parents' house brandishing […]

Nov. 11 TEXAS—impending execution Harris County man to die for slaying 14 years ago When mechanic George Whitaker III told a friend she wouldn't be seeing himanymore because he was […]

Nov. 11 TEXAS—-impending execution Execution set as murderer's final reprieve request denied The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously voted Monday to turndown condemned man George Whitaker's request for […]

Nov. 10 TEXAS: HELL HOLE NEWS October 27, 2008 Hello folks, I quit writing this column a few years back because we had a decent wardenwho was trying to make […]

Nov. 10 TEXAS—-impending execution Ex-judge wants man off death row—-Inmate is scheduled to die this week,but former judge serving as his attorney says sentence needs review With Crosby murderer George […]