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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 […]

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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 […]

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Oct. 3 TEXAS: Concert fights death penalty It may not be common knowledge that Texas executes more people annuallythan any other state in the nation, but one group is working […]

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June 18 TEXAS: Court grants Routier limited DNA testing Darlie Routier, a homemaker sent to death row after her 2 young sons werefatally stabbed in their upscale suburban house, on […]

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May 26 TEXAS: Will death become the exception, not the rule?—-Quintero case highlightsa shift some attribute to sentence options, DNA, plea deals If there was one thing that was all […]

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April 26 TEXAS: Death penalty distraction Re: "Switching sides on justice Exposure to horrific crime changed mindof DA now at ease as part of state 'death machine,' " Sunday news […]

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US: Execution Moratorium May Outlive High Court Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court is unlikely to outlaw lethal injection, the UnitedStates’ main form of execution, when it rules on a test case this spring,but many states may continue their […]

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ANTI-DEATH PENALTY GROUP TO MEET AT A TIME THE PROCESS IS IN QUESTION

The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty will hold its annual conference on Saturday, January 26th at the Crowne Plaza Houston West. The conference which is called “Seeking Justice […]