Year: 2008

Nov. 8 TEXAS—-new death sentence Game warden's killer should die, Wharton jury decides—-James GarrettFreeman has been sentenced to death for killing Texas game warden JustinHurst after a police chase in […]

Nov. 6 TEXAS—-execution Parolee executed for 1993 FW slaying A parolee convicted of using coat hangers to strangle a 65-year-oldmentally ill man during a burglary of the man's house was […]

Nov. 6 TEXAS: Wharton game warden's killer could get death sentence James Garrett Freeman could be sentenced to death for killing game wardenJustin Hurst in Wharton County. A Wharton County […]

Nov. 6 TEXAS: 3 held in slaying outside VFW Hall Police arrested 3 suspects Thursday morning in connection with the Octoberslaying of a 33-year-old man who was trying to fend […]

Nov. 5 TEXAS: URGENT ACTION APPEAL – From Amnesty International USA 5 November 2008—-UA 307/08 – Death penalty USA (Texas) Robert Jean Hudson (m), black, aged 45 Robert Hudson is […]

Nov. 5 TEXAS—-impending execution Parolee set for execution for 1993 FW slaying Convicted burglar Elkie Lee Taylor already was a known troublemaker in hisneighborhood near downtown Fort Worth when he […]

An Urgent Action for Robert Hudson, scheduled for execution in Texas onNov. 20, is available now at: http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa30708.pdf And an online version of the action is available at: http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/ index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=11427

Nov. 4 TEXAS: Reflections on a Gathering of 20 Death Row Exonerees It was 4:00 a.m. last Friday when I set out for Conroe, Texas, home ofboth the Texas state […]