Texas Executes 10th Inmate This Year
Wednesday night, Texas officials executed Daniel Lee Lopez by lethal injection for the 2009 vehicular homicide of a Corpus Christi police lieutenant.
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Texas Executes 67-Year-Old Inmate Who Maintained His Innocence For Over 30 Years
Officials carried out the execution of Lester Bower Jr. Wednesday night at 6:36pm, making the 67-year-old inmate the oldest executed since the death penalty was reinstated in 1982.
Texas Executes Fifth Inmate This Year
On Thursday, Texas prison officials carried out the execution of Kent Sprouse, convicted of the 2002 murder of Dallas police office outside of a convenience store.
Texas Man on Death Row For Over 30 Years Loses Supreme Court Appeal
The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from a convicted killer who has spent more than 30 years on death row in Texas.
Texas Appeals Court Postpones Another Execution
The Texas court of Criminal Appeals has ruled to postpone another execution, this time for 55-year-old Randall Wayne Mays who was set to be put to death on Wednesday.
Donald Newbury of ‘Texas 7′ Executed
One of the seven fugitives convicted of the murder of an Irving police officer in 2000 was put to death Wednesday night.
Stay of Execution Granted for Schizophrenic Texas Inmate
Within eight hours of his scheduled execution on Wednesday, Scott Panetti was granted a stay of execution by the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
Texas Set to Execute Man of Questionable Competence
The state of Texas is set to execute Scott Panetti next week, a man who, though found competent to stand trial, has a long history of mental illness.