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 […]
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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)
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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' […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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Dec. 26 TEXAS: Editorial: Craig Watkins is the 2008 Texan of the Year On the surface, the courtroom scene typified old-time Texas justice. The accused killed his family, so he […]
Bill Berkowitz,a freelance writer and longtime observer of the conservative movement, has written a piece about the death penalty for Religion Dispatches that highlights information about TCADP’s 2008 Annual Report. […]
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Dec. 18 TEXAS: Judge says defense attorney in Medina death penalty case was qualified A Dallas County judge quickly ruled Wednesday that the lead defenseattorney in the Hector Medina death […]