Year: 2009

Feb. 11 TEXAS—-impending execution Convicted murderer-rapist set to die in Texas Convicted killer Johnny Ray Johnson says any talk about him being a serialkiller and serial rapist is bunk. "I […]

Feb. 10 TEXAS—-execution Texas "Bathtub Killer" executed A Louisiana man condemned for strangling and drowning a suburban Dallaswoman, charged with the slaying of a 2nd and blamed for the rapes […]

Feb. 10 TEXAS: Texas death row inmate loses appeal at 5th Circuit A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction and death sentence of aHouston man tied to at least […]

Feb. 9 TEXAS—-impending execution Texas "Bathtub Killer" set to die After nearly a quarter-century as a homicide detective in Arlington, TommyLeNoir acknowledges there's not much that shocks him. Then there's […]

Feb. 8 TEXAS—-impending execution Man guilty of 1996 Arlington 'bathtub murders' to be executed Police Detective Tommy Le Noir remembers the alarm that gripped this cityin 1996 after 2 young […]

Feb. 5 TEXAS: Convicted murderer's penalty retrial date set Jury selection for the penalty phase of a retrial is set for April 1 of aman whose death sentence was overturned […]

Feb. 4 TEXAS—-execution–volunteer Parolee who used bat to kill woman, son executed A parolee convicted of using a baseball bat to fatally bludgeon hisgirlfriend and her teenage son at their […]

Feb. 3 TEXAS—-new death sentence Jury gives death penalty to killer of 4 in McKinney A Collin County jury decided late Monday that Raul Cortez should die forkilling 4 people […]