On August 29, 2012, a jury in Dallas County determined that Tyrone Cade should be put to death for the 2011 murders of his girlfriend, 37-year-old Mischell Fuller, and her daughter, 18-year-old Desaree Hoskins, during a jealous rage. The jury rejected an insanity defense. This is the second new death sentence in Dallas County this year […]
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New Death Sentence Imposed in Dallas County
On May 21, 2012, a Dallas County jury determined that Roderick Harris should be sentenced to death for the murder of Alfredo Gallardo during a 2009 robbery. According to the Dallas Morning News (“Killer of 2 Dallas brothers gets death penalty, May 21, 2012): Harris stormed into the family’s trailer in southeast Dallas in March 2009 and demanded […]
New Death Sentence Imposed in North Texas
On March 23, 2012, jurors in Johnson County sentenced Mark Anthony Soliz to death for the murder of 61-year-old Nancy Weatherly during a crime spree in 2010 that stretched across Johnson and Tarrant Counties. Soliz also faces capital murder charges in Tarrant County for the murder of deliveryman Ruben Martinez, who was shot on the […]
First New Death Sentence of 2012 Imposed in Tarrant County
On Friday, January 27, 2012, jurors in Tarrant County sentenced Kwame Rockwell to death for the murder of a store clerk in 2010. The defense attorneys on this case, Tim Moore and Mark Daniel, asked jurors to consider giving Rockwell a sentence of life in prison without parole as an alternative to the death penalty. The day […]
Texas Death Penalty Case Updates
There have been a number of developments with death penalty cases in the last two weeks, including a new death sentence, a jury rejection of a capital murder charge, and a reduced sentence. Here’s a recap: On June 7, 2011, a Fort Bend County jury sentenced Albert James Turner to death for the 2009 murders of his […]
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