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Appeals court stops planned execution of Texas inmate convicted of killing a fellow prisoner
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTexas' top criminal appeals court has stopped Thursday evening's scheduled execution of a Texas...
Texas executes man for killing pregnant ex-girlfriend, her 7-year-old son in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoAn Azle man who was seeking to stop his execution because he claimed religious freedom violations...
Execution of man convicted in killing of 3 in Texas delayed
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA judge has delayed next week’s scheduled execution of a man convicted of killing three teenagers...
El Paso murderer David Renteria executed, nearly 22 years after child abduction, killing
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHUNTSVILLE, Texas — El Paso killer David Santiago Renteria spoke his last words Thursday night,...
Execution set for Tuesday evening at Huntsville Unit
The Huntsville Item, Texas via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 9—The execution of Jedidah Isaac Murphy, 48, is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Huntsville Unit. Murphy was convicted of capital murder in June ...
'It is done': Alexandra Flores' family seeks healing after child killer finally executed
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHUNTSVILLE, Texas — Alexandra Flores would be a young woman by now — celebrating a "beautiful life"...
Texas prepares for lethal injection execution of convicted El Paso child killer
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe more than two-decade saga of one of El Paso's most disturbing slayings is set to come to an end...
A New HBO Docuseries Excavates Texas’ Dark Past—and the Hopes for Its Future
Slate via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThey say that you can never go home again, but in truth, it seems harder to ever fully leave. No...
Man on Death Row Gets Last-Minute Stay of Execution After Victim’s Sister Advocates for Him
People via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWilliam Speer, 49, has been on death row in Texas for decades Texas Department of Criminal Justice...
Fire at a Texas prison forces inmates to evacuate, but no injuries are reported
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFire broke out Friday morning at a state prison in Texas, forcing more than 650 inmates to evacuate...