Author: tcadp

Sept. 26 TEXAS: Attorney general defends actions in investigation of affair between judge,DA The state's top lawyer said Thursday that he had expected Texas courts to"step up and do the […]

Sept. 25 TEXAS: When the justice system fails us Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins told the press last weekthat he wanted to re-examine about 40 death penalty cases in […]

Sept. 25 TEXAS: Death row inmate's lawyers request new trial, citing romance between judgeand prosecutor As expected, attorneys for death row inmate Charles Dean Hood filed apetition today seeking a […]

Sept. 24 TEXAS—-new execution date Alvin Kelly has been given an execution date of October 14; it should beconsidered serious. (sources: TDCJ & Rick Halperin)

Sept. 23 TEXAS: Woman Accused Of Setting Daughters On Fire Escapes Death Sentence A Fort Worth-area woman accused of setting her three young daughters onfire has pleaded guilty to capital […]

Sept. 23 TEXAS: Murder Victims' Families Oppose Death Penalty for People With SevereMental Illnesses Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights (MVFHR) and the NationalAlliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will launch […]

Sept. 23 TEXAS: Jurors hear testimony from Rangers in KFC slaying Jurors on Monday heard testimony from 2 Texas Rangers 1 retired and theother dead in the capital murder trial […]

Sept. 22 TEXAS: Is Watkins' goal justice or publicity? How could a reasonable person find fault with Craig Watkins' latestpublicity venture, grandly reopening his predecessors' 40 not-yet-resolveddeath penalty cases? Taken […]