Year: 2008

Oct. 27 TEXAS—-impending execution(s) Killer of 7-year-old girl to die Tuesday in Texas Eric Nenno bristles at suggestions he's some kind of ogre. "So many articles I read depicted me […]

Oct. 24 TEXAS: To protest pre-holiday executions —-Texas activists mobilize for annualmarch "With the holiday season 5 weeks away, early birds are counting shoppingdays. Texas is counting execution days," says […]

Oct. 23 TEXAS—-stay of impending execution and new execution date Court halts execution of Bobby Wayne Woods The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stopped the scheduled execution ofconvicted killer […]

CONTACTING THE BOARD GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE, CLEMENCY SECTION:Persons needing information or assistance in clemency matters in Texasmay contact: Texas Board of Pardons and ParolesGeneral Counsel's Office8610 Shoal Creek BoulevardAustin, Texas […]

Oct. 22 TEXAS: Texas prison officials blame influx of cellphones on poor staffing,surveillance Poor surveillance, inadequate staffing and underpaid, easily corruptedcorrections guards have allowed Texas prison inmates to easily obtainphones […]

Oct. 21 TEXAS—-execution Northeast Texas man executed for burglary-slaying Condemned inmate Joseph Ries was executed Tuesday evening for the slayingof a 64-year-old Northeast Texas man during a burglary almost a […]

Oct. 21 TEXAS—-impending execution Northeast Texas man set to die in burglary-slaying Condemned inmate Joseph Ries looked to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep himfrom the Texas death chamber Tuesday […]

Oct. 20 TEXAS: Death row phone calls lead to arrests—-Lawmaker says he got calls frominmate; authorities think others in prison also used phone. State Sen. John Whitmire knew the phone […]