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Jan. 6 TEXAS—-new execution date Dale Scheanette has been given an execution date of Feb. 10; it should beconsidered serious. (sources: Texas Department of Criminal Justice & Rick Halperin)

Jan. 6 TEXAS: Making death penalty personal … Re: "Unit's funding should go elsewhere," by Nancy Black, Sunday Letters. I would like to ask Black how much of the taxpayers' […]

Jan. 4 TEXAS: On Texan of the Year: I second this award Re: "Craig Watkins — Dallas County district attorney made his name not bysecuring convictions, but by clearing the […]

Jan. 3 TEXAS: 7 executions set for January 7 executions to be carried out at the Texas Department of Criminal JusticeWalls Unit have been scheduled throughout the month of January. […]

Dec. 26 TEXAS: Editorial: Craig Watkins is the 2008 Texan of the Year On the surface, the courtroom scene typified old-time Texas justice. The accused killed his family, so he […]

Dec. 18 TEXAS: Judge says defense attorney in Medina death penalty case was qualified A Dallas County judge quickly ruled Wednesday that the lead defenseattorney in the Hector Medina death […]

Dec. 17 TEXAS: Man convicted of killing his kids could get retrial A judge will consider today whether the defense attorney for a mansentenced to die for killing his children […]

Dec. 16 TEXAS: PRESS RELEASE—-NAACP Legal Defense Fund Wins New Trial in Death PenaltyCase After 23 years on Texas' death row, NAACP Legal Defense & EducationalFund, Inc. (LDF) client Mariano […]