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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals remands case of El Pasoan Robert Avila based on new science

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 Kristin El Paso, forensic science

This week, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a unanimous opinion remanding the case of Rigoberto “Robert” Avila, Jr. for consideration of the merits of his claim that his conviction was based on outdated science.  Avila has spent 15 years on death row.  He was sentenced to death in El Paso for the 2000 […]

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El Paso Jury Rejects the Death Penalty for Christian Martinez

February 5, 2014February 6, 2014 Kristin El Paso, jury rejection

In the first Texas death penalty trial of 2014, an El Paso County jury has determined that Christian Martinez should spend the rest of his life in prison for the 2011 murders of Amalia Flores, 58, and her daughter Jovana Flores, 20. Ten of the twelve jurors agreed that mitigating evidence warranted a sentence other than death. […]

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Petition for Rigoberto Avila, Jr. Seeks Evidentiary Hearing Based on New Science

September 9, 2013September 11, 2013 Kristin El Paso, forensic science

*Update 09/11/13*: State District Judge Anna Perez has withdrawn the January 2014 execution date for Robert Avila in light of his new petition for an evidentiary hearing.  Read more from the El Paso Times. Attorneys for Rigoberto (“Robert”) Avila, Jr., an El Paso man who has been on death row in Texas since 2001, have […]

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Delay of Execution Granted to Rigoberto Avila, Jr.

April 2, 2013 Kristin death penalty, El Paso, Stay of execution, Texas

State District Judge Anna Perez ruled this morning that more time is necessary for Rigoberto Avila, Jr.’s attorneys to explore new scientific evidence that might prove his innocence.  Judge Perez halted his execution, which had been scheduled to take place next week on April 10th; a new date has been set for July 10. Mr. […]

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State of Texas Scheduled to Execute Five People in April

April 1, 2013April 2, 2013 Kristin death penalty, El Paso, executions, Texas

Five executions currently are scheduled to take place in Texas this month; the April 3 execution date of Kimberly McCarthy has now been moved to June 26, 2013 upon an order from State District Judge Larry Mitchell. Here are the five inmates with execution dates in April: Rickey Lynn Lewis is scheduled to be executed on April 9, 2013.  […]

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Executions in 2019

Scheduled (1)
December 11: Travis Runnels Contact the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles today

Executed (8)
January 30: Robert Jennings
February 28: Billie Wayne Coble
April 24: John King
August 21: Larry Swearingen
September 4: Billy Crutsinger
September 10: Mark Anthony Soliz
September 25: Robert Sparks
November 6: Justen Hall

Stays Granted/Dates Withdrawn (12)
January 14: Blaine Milam (execution scheduled for 1/15/19; stay granted by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals)
April 8: Mark Robertson (execution scheduled for 04/11/19; stay granted by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals)
April 30 and August 14: Dexter Johnson (execution scheduled for May 2 – stay granted by a federal judge; execution rescheduled for August 15 – stay granted by the Fifth Circuit on August 14)
September 23: Stephen Barbee (execution scheduled for 10/2/19; stay granted by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals)
October 3: Randall Mays (execution scheduled for 10/16/19; date withdrawn by trial court)
October 4: Randy Halprin (execution scheduled for 10/10/19; stay granted by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals)
October 22: Ruben Gutierrez (execution scheduled for 10/30/19; stay granted by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals; an earlier date of July 31 also was withdrawn)
November 7: Patrick Murphy (execution scheduled for 11/13/19; stay granted by a federal district judge; an earlier date of March 28 was stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court)
November 15: Rodney Reed (execution scheduled for 11/20/19; stay granted by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals)

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