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Inmates forced to lie in toilet water to stay cool, suit says. ‘Third world conditions’
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoSeveral organizations have joined a Texas inmate’s lawsuit alleging the prison he is incarcerated in...
Texas prepares for lethal injection execution of convicted El Paso child killer
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe more than two-decade saga of one of El Paso's most disturbing slayings is set to come to an end...
Texas murderer David Renteria executed, 22 years after abduction, killing of 5-year-old
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoHUNTSVILLE, Texas − David Santiago Renteria spoke his last words Thursday night, strapped to a...
Texas inmate transport resuming after security upgrades
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Texas Department of Criminal Justice was set to resume inmate transportation Monday after a...
'I'm ready, warden. Send me home': Final words of executed El Paso men on death row
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 5 months agoHUNTSVILLE, Texas — Texas inmates are allowed to say their final piece before executioners...
Fire at a Texas prison forces inmates to evacuate, but no injuries are reported
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFire broke out Friday morning at a state prison in Texas, forcing more than 650 inmates to evacuate...
Man Who Killed Elderly Woman Executed in Texas After Questioning Trial Evidence
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 6 months agoTexas Department of Criminal Justice/CBS Texas YouTubeA convicted killer who questioned evidence...
Man on Death Row Gets Last-Minute Stay of Execution After Victim’s Sister Advocates for Him
People via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWilliam Speer, 49, has been on death row in Texas for decades Texas Department of Criminal Justice...
600 Texas inmates evacuated after prison fire
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoHeavy flames coming from the cell block of one of Texas's prisons forced the evacuation of more than 600 prisoners before dawn on Friday, Texas...
'Inhumane:' How ‘Bernie’ and his legal team are crusading against sweltering Texas prisons
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 7 months agoBernhardt "Bernie" Tiede II, the Texas funeral director who shot dead a wealthy widow and jammed her...
