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Oct. 29 TEXAS: Shameful record of executions Imagine being sentenced to 50 years in the state penitentiary. Thenconsider how you might feel what kind of person you might have become […]

Oct. 28 TEXAS—-execution Killer of 7-year-old girl executed Tuesday A former plumbing supply salesman convicted of snatching a 7-year-old girlfrom his neighborhood then strangling and raping her and hiding her […]

Oct. 27 TEXAS: Criminal appeals court race focuses on change—-3 Republican judges,challengers acknowledge problems in the judicial system Problems in the criminal justice system, highlighted by a series ofexonerations, are […]

Oct. 27 TEXAS—-impending execution(s) Killer of 7-year-old girl to die Tuesday in Texas Eric Nenno bristles at suggestions he's some kind of ogre. "So many articles I read depicted me […]

Oct. 24 TEXAS: To protest pre-holiday executions —-Texas activists mobilize for annualmarch "With the holiday season 5 weeks away, early birds are counting shoppingdays. Texas is counting execution days," says […]

Oct. 23 TEXAS—-stay of impending execution and new execution date Court halts execution of Bobby Wayne Woods The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stopped the scheduled execution ofconvicted killer […]

CONTACTING THE BOARD GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE, CLEMENCY SECTION:Persons needing information or assistance in clemency matters in Texasmay contact: Texas Board of Pardons and ParolesGeneral Counsel's Office8610 Shoal Creek BoulevardAustin, Texas […]

Oct. 22 TEXAS: Texas prison officials blame influx of cellphones on poor staffing,surveillance Poor surveillance, inadequate staffing and underpaid, easily corruptedcorrections guards have allowed Texas prison inmates to easily obtainphones […]