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Oct. 18 TEXAS: Perry uses clemency sparingly on death row—-Governor has never calledoff an execution on a claim of innocence Former governor says it may be time to end death […]

Oct. 5 TEXAS: 2 Texans sent to death row by bad science On September 3, the Dallas Progressive Examiner reported on the conclusionreached by Maryland's Dr. Craig L. Beyler, that […]

September 3 TEXAS: Defendant freed, 9 months after conviction and death sentence wereoverturned Michael Toney was released from the Tarrant County Jail on Wednesdaynight, 9 months after his conviction and […]

July 28 TEXAS: State to handle capital appeals Texas, which executes more convicts than any other state in the nation,will open its 1st capital defense office next year to manage […]

June 4 TEXAS: Perry's 200th Execution Sparks Worldwide Protest Dozens of death penalty opponents gathered on the steps of the TexasCapitol Tuesday evening to protest the 200th execution under Gov. […]

June 2 TEXAS—-impending execution Execution set today for Texas man who killed 5 Terry Lee Hankins' surrender to police for the slayings of his estrangedwife and two stepchildren opened up […]

May 22 TEXAS: CRIMINAL JUSTICE—-Veto threat dooms change in death penalty law; Measurebanning execution of people who haven't killed won't advance. Death penalty opponents have long decried a Texas law […]

Nov. 12 TEXAS—-impending execution Harris County man to die for slaying 14 years ago Apparently irate over his girlfriend leaving him, George Whitaker IIIshowed up at her parents' house brandishing […]