A second person on South Carolina’s death row has chosen to be executed by firing squad
Mikal Mahdi, who killed a South Carolina police officer during a multi-state crime spree, has chosen to die by firing squad.
El Paso Walmart mass shooter may avoid death penalty, DA says. Plea hearing set for April
El Paso DA James Montoya says he won't seek the death penalty for Patrick Crusius, who killed 23 people at a Walmart in 2019.
Austin man remains on death row after U.S. Supreme Court denies second petition
Areli Escobar has sought a new trial since a damning audit of APD's crime lab. The same office that prosecuted him has ...
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Gunman who killed 23 in Texas Walmart attack can avoid death penalty with plea deal
El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya said that his decision in the prosecution of Patrick Crusius was driven by a ...
Texas prosecutors will no longer pursue the death penalty in 2019 Walmart attack
El Paso District Attorney James Montoya will not seek the death penalty against Patrick Crucius, the Walmart mass shooter.
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Court overturns injunction in case of death row inmate
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the injunction that blocked the execution of death row inmate, Jessie Hoffman. Hoffman was sentenced to death after ...
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Federal appeals court reverses Texas death row inmate’s conviction
AMARILLO, Texas — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman’s ...
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What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest criminal court, issued a stay of execution for David Leonard Wood. Wood, 67, had been set to die Thursday over the killings of six girls and ...
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Texas court delays execution of man on death row for 32 years, days before he was set to die
A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die by lethal injection this week over the killings of six girls ...
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Texas court issues rare stay of execution for Death Row inmate who fought for DNA testing
The highest court in Texas on Tuesday issued a rare stay of execution for David Leonard Wood, who has always denied being the so-called Desert Killer and reiterated his innocence in a recent ...