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In his five years as Texas' governor, Republican Greg Abbott has overseen the execution of nearly 50 prisoners while only once sparing a condemned man's…
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As Rodney Reed's execution date fast approaches, more than 70 people packed into a community center in Bastrop on Saturday to apply pressure on state…
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For decades, a staunch claim of innocence and doubts over forensic science engulfed the death penalty case of Larry Swearingen. On Wednesday, he was…
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It’s been more than two decades since an infamous hate crime in East Texas, where three white men were convicted of chaining a black man to the back of a…
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In two weeks, two Texas executions have been stopped by the courts.On Monday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the Thursday execution of Mark…
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From Texas Standard:On Tuesday, a new Texas Department of Criminal Justice policy went into effect, banning any religious adviser from being in the…
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The state of Texas has banned all prison chaplains from its execution chamber, days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state was violating an…
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An Alabama man was denied the right to have his Muslim spiritual adviser in the death chamber. But a Texas prisoner's execution was delayed because he was denied his Buddhist minister.
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Patrick Murphy, who escaped from prison and participated in a robbery that led to a murder, was scheduled to be executed Thursday. The court said he had the right to a spiritual adviser of his choice.
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The high court found Bobby Moore is intellectually disabled and knocked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for relying on old standards in finding him eligible for execution.