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 […]
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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 […]
New Death Sentence in Travis County
On Friday, May 20, 2011, a Travis County jury sentenced Areli Carbajal Escobar to death for the murder and sexual assault of Bianca Maldonado in 2009. According to the Austin American-Statesman (“Escobar sentenced to death for slaying of 17-year-old,” May 20, 2011), it took the jury about 2.5 hours to decide whether “there is a probability Escobar […]
New TX Death Sentence
On Friday, June 18, 2010, a Dallas County jury sentenced Donald Andrew Bess to death for the rape and murder of SMU student Angela Samota in 1984. The case had remained unsolved until 2008, when Bess’ DNA was matched to the slaying. He has been serving a life sentence for another rape since 1985. According […]
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