Texas Supreme Court clears way for new execution date for …
Nov 15, 2024 · Texas is set to execute Robert Roberson on Oct. 17 after he was convicted of murdering his daughter in 2002. Attorneys and a bipartisan group of lawmakers are fighting to vacate Roberson's...
Texas executes Ivan Cantu, who claimed innocence in 2000 …
Feb 29, 2024 · The state of Texas on Wednesday executed death row inmate Ivan Cantu, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2000 murders of his cousin and his cousin’s fiancée – though he...
Seven Texans facing federal execution given ... - The Texas Tribune
Dec 23, 2024 · President Joe Biden announced on Monday he would commute the sentences of seven Texas inmates scheduled for execution. Hours later, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott disclosed he had pardoned four ...
7 Texans facing federal execution given clemency and 4 others …
Dec 26, 2024 · The federal government has executed 16 people since 1988, when it reinstated the federal death penalty, according to data from the Death Penalty Information Center, which the Dallas Morning News ...
Texas executes Ramiro Gonzales after failed appeals that argued …
Jun 26, 2024 · Texas executed Ramiro Gonzales by lethal injection on Wednesday for a 2001 murder, the state Department of Criminal Justice said, following unsuccessful appeals to the US Supreme Court that...
Seven Texans facing federal execution given clemency, four …
4 days ago · President Joe Biden announced on Monday he would commute the sentences of seven Texas inmates scheduled for execution. Hours later, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott disclosed he had pardoned four individuals for lower-level offenses. Biden’s act affects 37 of the 40 inmates on federal death row, the Associated Press reported. At least five of the Texans scheduled for federal execution stabbed and ...
Testimony of Texas man whose execution was ... - Associated Press News
Dec 20, 2024 · AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ attorney general sought again on Thursday to stop a man on death row from testifying to lawmakers who have raised doubts about his guilt and successfully paused his execution at the last minute in October.
Texas Supreme Court orders last-minute stay of execution for ... - CBS News
Oct 28, 2024 · HUNTSVILLE — The Texas Supreme Court halted the scheduled execution of Robert Roberson late Thursday night, hours before he was poised to become the first person in the U.S. executed for a...
A Texas execution is renewing calls for clemency - CBS News
Oct 5, 2024 · Texas rarely grants clemency for death row inmates, but that's not stopping a group of bipartisan lawmakers from showing their support for a man scheduled to be executed in October.
Texas death row - The Texas Tribune
Dec 23, 2024 · On the same day that President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of seven Texans, Gov. Greg Abbott issued his own set of pardons. Full Story. Attorney General Ken Paxton sought to delay legal...