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Hundreds of inmates evacuated as fire erupts at Texas state prison
WDAF via Yahoo News· 9 months agoHUNTSVILLE, Texas (KIAH) – A historic prison in Huntsville, Texas, caught fire early Friday morning,...
Texas executes inmate for 2007 fatal shooting of Dallas cop
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTexas on Wednesday executed an inmate convicted of fatally shooting a Dallas police officer nearly...
Texas executes death row inmate over 2000 carjacking murder hours after order of stay was overturned
The Independent via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA death row inmate in Texas was executed hours after an order that delayed his death was overturned,...
Wesley Ruiz executed in Texas for killing a police officer
The Huntsville Item, Texas via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 1—HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Wesley Ruiz, 43, spent his last day packing his cell, awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court decision on his appeal, but reprieve never came. He was executed Wednesday night ...
Texas executes man who questioned evidence presented at trial in deadly carjacking of elderly woman
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA Texas man who unsuccessfully challenged the safety of the state’s lethal injection drugs and...
Inmates allege Texas plans to use unsafe execution drugs
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoHOUSTON (AP) — Texas plans to use expired and unsafe drugs to carry out executions early this year...
Court goes against Texas inmates questioning execution drugs
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoHOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ top criminal appeals court has barred a civil court judge from issuing any...
Texas death row inmates sue over solitary confinement
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoHOUSTON (AP) — A group of death row inmates filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Texas...
Executions continued decline but many ‘botched’ in 2022, report says
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoHOUSTON (AP) — Public support and use of the death penalty in 2022 continued its more than...
Texas failed to fully fund system flagging those who shouldn’t work with kids
KXAN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe do-not-hire search engine would pull thousands of disciplinary records from four state agencies,...
