There has been a great deal of media coverage of the Texas Forensic Science Commission’s meeting last Friday, July 23, 2010, during which a subcommittee said that arson investigators in […]
In the last six days, two men from Harris County have been released from prison due to DNA evidence of their wrongful conviction. A state district judge has ordered […]
The Hillsboro Reporter, in Hill County, Texas, features an important article about the cost of capital murder trials and the impact these cases might have on the county budget. The […]
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Read the TCADP 2010 Summer Newsletter
The TCADP 2010 Summer newsletter: Seizing the Momentum features a new look for TCADP with the adoption of a new logo!
In this issue: Another Case of Wrongful Execution?; Texas Death Penalty Developments; MVFR Interview: Steve Bishop; Regional Trainings; Chapter News/Calendar; Member Spotlight: Jessica Chong
Today’s Hartford (Connecticut) Courant features an excellent op-ed from Terrence P. Dwyer, a retired investigator with the New York State Police, Bureau of Criminal Investigation. In “More than Reasonable Doubt About […]
Derrick Jackson is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, July 20 at 6:00pm. The execution will be the 15th Texas execution of 31 nationwide.
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July 2 marked the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Gregg v. Georgia (1976), which upheld the newly crafted death penalty statutes of several states (including that of Texas) […]
On Friday, June 25, 2010, a Brazoria County jury rejected the death penalty for Nicholas-Michael Edwin Jean and instead sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. […]