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March 18 TEXAS: Texas court says death row inmate 'crazy' but not under the law A Texas appeals court has ruled that an inmate who removed his only eyeand ate […]

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Mar. 17 TEXAS: Cowart Pleads Guilty To Mom's Killing, Escapes Death Penalty James "Jimmy" William Cowart Jr. escaped the death penalty Monday when hepleaded guilty to killing his mother more […]

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Mar. 16 TEXAS: 'A Saint on Death Row' by Thomas Cahill: a case against the death penalty At first, it seems like yet another Texas case, one set in Harris […]

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Update: HB 682 Testimony Resumes Now!

http://www.house.state.tx.us/media/welcome.phpWatch live streaming via the Criminal Jurisprudence link Testifying: Ron Carlson, brother of one of Karla Faye Tucker’s victims spoke movingly of the loss of his sister and father and […]

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Update: HB 682 Hearing

http://www.house.state.tx.us/media/welcome.phpClick on Committee for Criminal Jurisprudence Tesitified: Dr. Elliott Egan, former educator Dr. Richard Woodward, Economics professor, speaking on deterrance effect and cost of the death penalty… counties are reducing […]

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Update: Ongoing Testimony on HB 682 – Abolition of the Death Penalty

http://www.house.state.tx.us/media/welcome.phpClick on Criminal Jurisprudence committee Have Just Testified: Sister Elizabeth Riebschlager, spoke as a native Texan and Catholic Sister. Received the question what about the OLD Testament… She responded well […]

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Live Streaming of Texas hearing on Abolition Bills

http://www.house.state.tx.us/media/welcome.php Click the link for the Criminal Jurisprudence committee People who have testified so far… Bob Van Steenburg, President of the Board for TCADPRob Owen, UT LawAdam Gershowitz, Houston Area […]

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March 5 TEXAS: Executing Failure Last night, I saw a grown man cry like a baby. He was kin to Kenneth WayneMorris, executed by the State of Texas yesterday on […]