Senate passes bill that would expand death penalty in Texas
SB 990 would raise the age threshold for capital murder eligibility from under 10 years old to 15 years old. It now heads to ...
Judge blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive information at US agencies
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing people’s private data ...
The Supreme Court rejects a Texas death row inmate’s appeal
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of the ...
Supreme Court rejects Texas death row inmate’s appeal over DNA evidence
The Supreme Court for a second time intervened over a Texas death row inmate who claims his murder conviction should be thrown out because DNA evidence used at trial was later found to be flawed.
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Texas court issues rare stay of execution for Death Row inmate who fought for DNA testing
Wood has been on Texas Death Row for nearly four decades even though no DNA evidence linked him to the murders of six women and girls in El Paso in 1987. “I’m accused of killing six people ...
The Real Deal15d
Freshman lawmakers blocking Sands’ legalization efforts
This summary is reviewed by TRD Staff. A coalition of Republican lawmakers is opposing efforts to legalize casinos and sports betting in Texas, potentially impacting Las Vegas Sands' plans in Irving.
WAFB16d
Court overturns injunction in case of death row inmate
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the injunction that blocked the execution of death row inmate, Jessie Hoffman. Hoffman was sentenced to death after ...
The State16d
Autopsy reveals that second South Carolina death row inmate died with fluid in his lungs
An autopsy report for a South Carolina man executed with the state’s lethal injection protocol raises more questions about whether the process is an unusually cruel and painful method of execution.
CBS News16d
Gene Hackman's estate trying to block release of death probe records
Santa Fe, New Mexico — A representative for the estate of actor Gene Hackman is seeking to block the public release ... At the same time, the bulk of death investigations by law enforcement ...
El Paso Times17d
El Paso Sheriff's Office asks for help to find teen girl missing for more than a month
Alanie Rose Rodriguez, 16, was reported missing on Feb. 15 from the 5000 block of Desert ... Desert Killer' case: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halts execution of death row inmate David Leonard ...
Townhall18d
Conservative Leaders Confront Death Penalty Errors Head On
Republican lawmakers have also been very vocal in raising concerns about the reliability of several death row convictions in Texas, including in the case of Robert Roberson and Melissa Lucio.
Fox News18d
Texas execution of 'desert killer,' on death row for 30 years, blocked by court
Texas death row inmate David Leonard Wood's execution, which had been set for this week, was halted by a Texas appeals court on Tuesday. Wood, 67, has spent nearly 33 years on death row and had ...