The Texas Observer is reporting today on the results of DNA testing of evidence that was used to convict and execute Claude Jones on December 7, 2000. The one-inch strand […]
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According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, State District Judge Wayne Salvant plans to withdraw the execution date he set for Steven Staley in order to conduct yet another hearing to […]
“I’m looking forward to the rest of my life.” Reading those words from Anthony Graves gave me chills. The fact that he spent 18 years behind bars for a […]
This just in… Anthony Graves, whose case was featured in Texas Monthly and in the TCADP 2010 Fall Newsletter, has been exonerated and released from the Burleson County Jail, where […]
This past March, when a sentence of Life Without the Possibility of Parole (LWOP) was given to the killer of Viola Barrios, one chapter of the tragedy for the Barrios […]
Today, October 13, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering the case of Skinner v. Switzer, in which the Justices will determine whether Texas death row inmate Hank Skinner can […]
Gayland Bradford, scheduled for execution on Thursday, October 14, has received a stay of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court. The temporary stay, granted by Justice Antonin Scalia on […]
On Thursday, October 7, 2010, a Bexar County jury rejected the death penalty for Keith Evans, who was convicted of the capital murder of Mohammed “Moe” Omar during a failed […]