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Texas executes death row inmate over 2000 carjacking murder hours after order of stay was overturned
The Independent via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA death row inmate in Texas was executed hours after an order that delayed his death was overturned,...
Texas Led U.S. In Executions In 2023 Despite Decline In Death Penalty Use, Report Reveals
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA report highlights the continuous failures of the state's capital punishment system, which executed...
Texas executes man who questioned evidence presented at trial in deadly carjacking of elderly woman
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA Texas man who unsuccessfully challenged the safety of the state’s lethal injection drugs and...
Jedidiah Murphy and the evolving debate on mental illness and capital punishment
LA Times via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSome states have abolished the death penalty. California has a moratorium but holds the most people on death row. Texas, where Murphy is held, has carried out five executions so far this year.
Execution of Texas inmate set to proceed after Supreme Court grants request to overturn stay
Associated Press via AOL· 7 months agoThe execution of a Texas inmate condemned for fatally shooting an 80-year-old woman more than two...
Judge denies Texas inmate's request to stop execution over claims that fire damaged injection drugs
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA federal judge on Friday denied a request to stop the execution of a Texas inmate who had alleged...
On World Day Against the Death Penalty, Texas executes prisoner with history of mental illness
LA Times via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAfter a flurry of last-minute legal rulings that left the case mired in uncertainty for days, on Tuesday night the U.S. Supreme Court green-lighted the execution of Jedidiah Murphy. The Texas ...
Appeals court upholds order delaying this week's execution of Texas inmate for deadly carjacking
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA federal appeals court on Monday upheld a ruling delaying this week's scheduled execution of a Texas inmate for fatally shooting an 80-year-old woman more than two decades ago. Jedidiah Murphy ...
Appeals court stops planned execution of Texas inmate convicted of killing a fellow prisoner
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTexas' top criminal appeals court has stopped Thursday evening's scheduled execution of a Texas...