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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...
He Gouged Out Both His Eyes. Can the Government Still Execute Him?
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 months agoPhoto illustration by Slate. Photos by the state of Texas and Getty Images Plus. Welcome to State of...
Texas man executed for 2003 strangling death of his mother
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA man who killed his mother and buried her body in her backyard was executed Wednesday in Texas...
Execution date set for ‘one of most mentally ill prisoners in Texas history’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOfficials have set an execution date in early 2023 for a man on death row described by critics as...
Texas death row inmate who cut out his eyes seeks clemency
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoHOUSTON (AP) — Plagued by mental illness, Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas started hearing voices...
Fact-check: Did state GOP lawmaker introduce bill criminalizing abortion as homicide?
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoInstagram posts: A Texas GOP lawmaker recently introduced a bill that would allow the death penalty...
Man executed for killing wife and her daughter tells family to ‘forgive me and move on’ in dying...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Texas inmate convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife and drowning her 6-year-old daughter...
Texas inmate who says death sentence based on false expert testimony faces execution
Associated Press via AOL· 6 months agoA Texas inmate whose attorneys say received a death sentence due to false and unscientific expert...
'Invasion' language continues after El Paso Walmart shooting
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEL PASO, Texas (AP) — From inside a Texas Walmart in 2019 during one of the deadliest mass shootings...
Death penalty was no deterrent to Jason Thornburg’s talk of Bible, ‘sacrifice’ | Opinion
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 year agoExecution is not a deterrent Jason Thornburg was indicted in December for the deaths of three people...