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March 20 TEXAS: Now off Texas death row, inmate talks of jail, not crime After 2 decades on death row, an overturned conviction and then a guiltyplea, Thomas Joe Miller-El […]

March 20 TEXAS: Death penalty case that highlighted jury bias ends in plea deal—-'86capital murder case that highlighted jury bias ends in plea deal One of Dallas County's most notorious […]

March 19 TEXAS: Spring Break in the Belly of the Beast—-At the Anti-Death PenaltyAlternative Spring Break in Texas, students learn what it takes to fightstate killing — against all odds. […]

March 18 TEXAS: Inmate loses appeal in death-penalty case A federal appeals court has rejected a condemned Texas man's appeal of hisconviction and death sentence for the baseball bat murders […]

March 6 TEXAS: Last year at this time, we were putting the final touches on "Death NoMore," a special edition of our weekend editorial section that announcedour reversal of more […]

Feb. 19 TEXAS: Oldest man on Texas death row loses Supreme Court appeal The oldest condemned man in Texas lost an appeal Tuesday before the U.S.Supreme Court. Jack Harry Smith, […]

Feb. 16 TEXAS: Guilty plea ends long death-penalty appeal saga Johnny Paul Penry, whose Texas death sentence was overturned three timesin a 25-year, precedent-setting series of appeals, has pleaded guilty […]

Feb. 15 TEXAS: State won't seek death penalty against killer Penry The state will not seek the death penalty against convicted killer JohnnyPaul Penry in an agreement that will require […]