Year: 2009

Jan. 8 TEXAS—-new execution date Kenneth Morris has been given an execution date for March 4; it should beconsidered serious. In addition, Jose Briseno, who was scheduled to beexecuted on […]

Jan. 6 TEXAS: Is the death penalty a dying breed? Executions nationwide and in Texas were down in 2008. So were deathsentences. The numbers don't lie but not everyone agrees […]

Jan. 6 TEXAS—-new execution date Dale Scheanette has been given an execution date of Feb. 10; it should beconsidered serious. (sources: Texas Department of Criminal Justice & Rick Halperin)

Jan. 6 TEXAS: Making death penalty personal … Re: "Unit's funding should go elsewhere," by Nancy Black, Sunday Letters. I would like to ask Black how much of the taxpayers' […]

Jan. 4 TEXAS: On Texan of the Year: I second this award Re: "Craig Watkins — Dallas County district attorney made his name not bysecuring convictions, but by clearing the […]

Jan. 3 TEXAS: 7 executions set for January 7 executions to be carried out at the Texas Department of Criminal JusticeWalls Unit have been scheduled throughout the month of January. […]