Today, April 8, 2019, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a stay of execution for Mark Robertson. He was scheduled to be put to death on Thursday, April 11, after more than 28 years on death row in Texas. According to the Texas Tribune, “His appellate lawyers asked the Texas court to stop his […]
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State of Texas executes Alvin Braziel
In the last execution in Texas this year, the State put Alvin Braziel, Jr. to death on Tuesday, December 11, 2018. He was convicted of killing Doug White and raping Lora White in Mesquite in 1993. Braziel was 18 at the time of the crime. Braziel was not linked to the crime until 2001, when […]
State of Texas scheduled to execute Alvin Braziel, Jr.
In the last scheduled execution in Texas this year, the State is set to put Alvin Braziel, Jr. to death tonight, December 11, 2018. Braziel was convicted of killing Doug White and raping his wife Lora in Mesquite in 1993. Doug and Lora were newlyweds. Braziel was 18 at the time of the crime. Braziel […]
State of Texas executes Joseph Garcia
The State of Texas executed Joseph Garcia on December 4, 2018 after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected several legal challenges filed by his attorneys. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 2003 under Texas’ law of parties for the murder of Officer Aubrey Hawkins, despite the fact that no evidence directly tied him to the […]
September 2018 Alert: “Inadmissible in all cases”
In this edition of our monthly alert, you’ll find information about back-to-back executions scheduled to take place in Texas this month, as well as details on film screenings, speakers, and candidate forums occurring throughout the state.
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