Today, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of severely mentally ill death row inmate Scott Panetti and has blocked his execution. The court questioned the […]
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Susan Reed, Bexar County DA has concluded that Ruben Cantu was justifiably executed in 1993. DA Reed refused to have an independent investigation of this case after questions about his […]
Cathy Henderson is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 13 June. She was sentenced to death in May 1995 for the murder of a three-and-a-half-month-old baby, Brandon Baugh, in […]
Article from Austin ChronicleBY JORDAN SMITH Unbelievably, a retrial of the capital murder case against Anthony Graves is set to go forward this summer, even though a special prosecutor admitted […]
Senator Ellis was the one dissenting vote on Jessica’s Law in the Texas Senate, a bill that gives 25 years for the first offense of molestation of a child, and […]
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National Crime Victims’ Week
FROM THE JOURNEY OF HOPE, MVFHR AND MVFR April 22 – 28, 2007 is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. The theme for this year is “Victims’ Rights: Every Victim, Every […]
Today, April 18, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case Panetti vs. Quarterman. This case concerns Texas death row inmate Scott Panetti, who has a […]
The editorial board of the Dallas Morning News called for abolition of the death penalty in Texas TODAY! Only the scond paper in Texas to do so, after the Austin […]