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May 22 TEXAS: CRIMINAL JUSTICE—-Veto threat dooms change in death penalty law; Measurebanning execution of people who haven't killed won't advance. Death penalty opponents have long decried a Texas law […]

Texas Inmate Goes On Lone Hunger Strike In Protest Of Living Conditions Texas death row inmate Taichin Preyor has decided to go on a lonehunger strike as of May 12, […]

May 21 TEXAS: Veto threat alters death-penalty bill Facing a veto threat from Gov. Rick Perry, members of the Senate CriminalJustice Committee voted this evening to drop a controversial provisionfrom […]

May 19 TEXAS—-execution East Texas man executed Tuesday An East Texas man apologized repeatedly Tuesday as he was executed forfatally stabbing a convenience store clerk during a robbery more than […]

May 19 TEXAS: Man condemned for killing fellow inmate in Beaumont Jurors sentenced a Washington, D.C., man to death Monday for the murder ofa fellow inmate at the federal prison […]

May 18 TEXAS—-new federal death sentence Federal inmate gets death penalty for prison murder U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a 30-year-old federalinmate has been sentenced to die […]

May 17 TEXAS: Why death penalty is wrong Re: "Systemic guilt — I put a man away for a crime he didn't commit, saysJames A. Fry," Friday Viewpoints. If 17 […]

May 16 TEXAS: Fratta convicted of hiring hit men to kill his wife Robert Fratta was found guilty in the 1994 murder for hire of his wifeFriday, the 2nd time […]