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Condemned Texas killers lose appeals (www.kvii.com)

The state's top criminal appeals court upheld the death penalties of two convicted killers today.

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Submitted 28 days ago by jwillyard | 0 Comments |

Exonerated inmates ask Texas to halt executions (www.statesman.com)

20 men ask state to formally study wrongful convictions

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Submitted about 1 month ago by jwillyard | 0 Comments |

Did Texas just execute an innocent man? (phillyfreedom.blogspot.com)

Yesterday, the State of Texas executed Wright for a 1997 murder. All along, Wright had maintained his innocence.

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Submitted about 1 month ago by jwillyard | 0 Comments |

Exonerees to Call for Moratorium on Texas Executions (www.innocenceproject.org)

A group of exonerees will come together in the Texas State Capitol building this afternoon to call for a statewide moratorium on executions

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Submitted about 1 month ago by jwillyard | 0 Comments |

Death Penalty Politics (standdown.typepad.com)

Capital punishment is legal in some form in 37 states, but it is embraced nowhere as enthusiastically as in Texas. Despite making up around 8% of the population, Texas has been the home of a third of... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by jwillyard | 0 Comments |

Homeless man set to die for killing helpful woman (www.chron.com)

Condemned prisoner Gregory Wright looked to the U.S. Supreme Court to block a scheduled Thursday evening trip to the Texas death chamber where he faced lethal injection for the fatal stabbing and... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by jwillyard | 0 Comments |

Killer of 7-year-old girl to die Tuesday in Texas (www.kauz.com)

Eric Nenno, 47, is set to die Tuesday

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Submitted about 1 month ago by jwillyard | 0 Comments |

Eric Nenno and Texas Clemency (standdown.typepad.com)

Even in Texas the death penalty is supposed to be reserved for the worst of the worst.

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Submitted about 1 month ago by jwillyard | 0 Comments |

Texas inmate to die for killing 3 (www.chron.com)

Arrested repeatedly and in and out of jail numerous times, condemned killer Kevin Watts admits to being disobedient and disdainful toward authority.

Tags: kevin watts,san antonio,murder,death penalty,executions,texas

Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

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