Two individuals with firsthand experience with the Texas death penalty system will visit College Station this week as part of a special event hosted by St. Mary’s Catholic Center. “Personal encounters with the Texas death penalty: The true stories of death row exonoree Anthony Graves and murder victim survivor Jan Brown” will take place on Thursday, September […]
Brazos County
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Orders Competency Hearing for Marcus Druery
On October 30, 2013, in a unanimous decision, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) ruled that death row inmate Marcus Druery is entitled to a hearing to determine his mental competency to be executed. Last year, the CCA granted Druery a stay just days before his scheduled execution on August 1, 2012; he was […]
Brazos County Jury Rejects Death Penalty for Stanley Robertson
This afternoon, after more than 21 hours of deliberation, a Brazos County jury determined that Stanley Wayne Robertson should spend the rest of his life in prison for the 2010 murder of Annie Mae Toliver. The District Attorney’s office had sought the death penalty for Robertson, but the jury decided that there was mitigating evidence in his […]
Texas Carries Out Its First Execution of the Year; Maryland Committee Passes Repeal
Last night, February 21, 2013, the State of Texas executed Carl Blue for the 1994 murder of his ex-girlfriend, Carmen Richards-Sanders, in Bryan. It was the first execution to take place in Texas this year and the third nationwide. The State of Georgia also carried out an execution last night, putting Andrew Allen Cook to death for the […]
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