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Texas Death Row Inmate Wants Execution Delayed So He Can Donate A Kidney
Oxygen via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Texas man on death row is seeking a delay in his upcoming execution so that he can donate one of...
Texas man on death row says execution this month would be 'for a crime I didn't commit'
NBC News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIvan Cantu, who's on death row and scheduled to be executed on Feb. 28, said new evidence presented...
A preacher to death row inmates says he wants to end executions. Critics warn he's only seeking fame
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWith just weeks left before his scheduled execution, Oklahoma death row inmate Anthony Sanchez took...
Texas criminal appeals court takes man off death row over intellectual disability
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSince Randall Mays was sentenced to death in 2008 for the murder of two sheriff’s deputies, his...
Texas death row inmate with 40-year mental illness history ruled not competent to be executed
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA Texas death row inmate with a long history of mental illness, and who tried to call Jesus Christ...
Texas death row inmate who cut out his eyes seeks clemency
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPlagued by mental illness, Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas started hearing voices when he was 9...
The Texas courts have spared Melissa Lucio’s life. Now she can prove her innocence.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTexas planned to execute Melissa Lucio on Wednesday. Republican and Democratic state legislators had...
Court goes against Texas inmates questioning execution drugs
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTexas’ top criminal appeals court has barred a civil court judge from issuing any orders in a...
Texas executes inmate who fought prayer, touch rules
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Texas death row inmate whose case redefined the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide was executed Wednesday, despite the efforts of...
Why the pace of executions has plummeted in Texas
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAfter a generation of running the busiest execution chamber in the Free World, Texas is losing its enthusiasm for the death penalty. At least, it would...