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The Life Penalty (www.texasobserver.org)
In the execution capital of the free world, death sentences have declined precipitously—thanks in part to the institution of life-without-parole sentences.
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Capital-Defense Office Growing (standdown.typepad.com)
That's the headline in today's Amarillo Globe-News about the West Texas Regional Capital PD's office.
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Capital-defense Office Growing (www.amarillo.com)
Two years ago, the office of the West Texas Regional Public Defender for Capital Cases was nothing but a dream.
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News Coverage of CCA Order in the Charles Hood case (standdown.typepad.com)
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Hood future rests on appeals court (www.lewisvilleleader.com)
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered District Judge Greg Brewer to recommend whether a convicted killer's claim of judicial bias was raised in a timely manner.
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Judge-prosecutor affair admission may have come too late in Charles Dean Hood death row case (www.dallasnews.com)
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has sent the capital murder case of death row inmate Charles Dean Hood back to a district court yet again on a procedural issue.
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Appeals court tells panel to find out why inmate's appeal was filed 18 years later (www.star-telegram.com)
Texas’ highest criminal appeals court on Wednesday ordered a Collin County trial court to examine why a Death Row inmate’s attorneys waited 18 years before filing an appeal asserting that the... More
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Man set to die for 1995 slaying wins reprieve (reporternews.com)
A Houston man who participated in a notorious death row escape attempt a decade ago won a reprieve to keep him from the Texas death chamber Tuesday for the fatal shooting of a woman during an... More
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Plano: Attorney fights to dismiss death penalty (www.courier-gazette.com)
An attorney filed a motion to dismiss the death penalty on the ground that its capital sentencing procedure is unconstitutional.
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Criticizes Predictions of Future Dangerousness (standdown.typepad.com)
Judge Paul Womack, joined by Judge Cheryl Johnson, dissented from the majority on Espada's claim regarding a psychiatrist predicting future danger, one of the questions jurors must answer in deciding... More
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