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.
Walmart shooter who killed 23 in Texas can avoid death penalty in a plea deal
Prosecutors said on Tuesday they have withdrawn the death penalty for the man who shot dead 23 people and wounded 22 others ...
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Federal appeals court reverses conviction of Texas woman on death row after 27 years
A federal appeals court has reversed the murder conviction of a 52-year-old Texas woman who has been on death row for close to three decades. In 1998, Brittany Marlowe Holberg was found guilty by ...
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3,688 prisoners on death row – NCoS
The Nigerian Correctional Service has disclosed that no fewer than 3,688 prisoners are on death row across its various facilities in the country. The acting Comptroller General of the NCoS ...
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Federal appellate court vacates Texas death row inmate’s murder conviction
The divided Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel in New Orleans vacated Holberg's conviction and sentence in a 2-1 ruling Friday and remanded the matter to the Randall County District Court in Canyon, ...
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Court stays execution of Texas man days before he was set to die by lethal injection
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — 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 ...