Year: 2009

Feb. 24 TEXAS: Death penalty opponents speak out in favor of bill Proponents for ending the death penalty in Texas spoke out Tuesday insupport of a bill that would limit […]

Feb. 24 TEXAS: Inmates in Houston, Lubbock cases lose appeals The U.S. Supreme Court today refused an appeal from a 36-year-old mansentenced to receive lethal injection for the 1999 slayings […]

Feb. 23 TEXAS: Sharon Keller hearing justified Sharon Keller, the state's head criminal appeals judge, embarrassed Texaswith her "we close at 5" rejection of a death penalty appeal in 2007. […]

Feb. 23 TEXAS: Sharon Keller hearing justified Sharon Keller, the state's head criminal appeals judge, embarrassed Texaswith her "we close at 5" rejection of a death penalty appeal in 2007. […]

Feb. 23 TEXAS: Death row inmate's lawyers claim client being harassed The Texas Defender Service is launching an unusual effort on behalf ofWillie Pondexter, who was convicted of killing Martha […]

Feb. 22 TEXAS: Judge's ethics case may hinge on phone calls—-Recollections differ aboutKeller's 2 exchanges on day of execution. Sharon Keller picked up the phone at her Austin home 2 […]

Feb. 20 TEXAS: Perry says innocence commission is not needed Top state jurists support a commission to investigate wrongfulconvictions, but the governor believes such a panel would be a needlessaddition […]

Feb. 19 TEXAS: State panel opens case over last-minute appeal A state judicial conduct commission is launching proceedings that couldresult in the removal of the top criminal courts judge from […]