March 3 TEXAS—-execution Killer of woman, 85, executed An Oklahoma man convicted of shooting an 85-year-old woman to death duringa burglary in far northeast Texas in 1993 was executed Tuesday […]
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Mar. 3 TEXAS: Killer set to be executed on his 38th birthday—-Kenneth Morris will beput to death on Wednesday for 1991 home invasion killing From her hiding place in the […]
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Mar. 2 TEXAS—-impending executions Killer of woman, 85, set to die Tuesday The elderly woman living alone in an elegant two-story Victorian house wasa tempting target for a group of […]
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Feb. 28 TEXAS—-new death sentence Jury sentences killer of Fort Worth girl, grandmother to death A 21-year-old man who gunned down a 5-year-old girl and her grandmotherduring a birthday party […]
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Feb. 27 TEXAS: Death penaltys high cost Thanks to the tanked economy that is straining states budgets across thecountry,a new push is underway to cut one high-dollar and controversialprogram: Executions. […]
Dear Friends, Yesterday afternoon the Fifth Circuit denied the civil rights lawsuit in Willie Pondexter’s case. Mr. Pondexter is scheduled to be executed by the State of Texas on March […]
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Feb. 26 TEXAS—-impending execution Court rejects inmate's request to delay execution A federal court Thursday refused to delay Tuesdays execution of WilliePondexter Jr., who was sentenced to die for the […]
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Feb. 25 TEXAS: 3 Texas death row inmates lose appeals The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday rejected appeals fromthree condemned prisoners, including a pair sent to death row […]