Texas panel backs bill expanding death penalty for killing kids
Parents testify at the Texas Capitol urging lawmakers to expand the death penalty for convicted child murderers to include ...
Texas execution of 'desert killer,' on death row for 30 years, blocked by court
David Wood, 67, was sentenced to death in 1992 for the killing of six woman and girls in El Paso, Texas. He has spent nearly ...
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How does the juvenile justice system work in Bell County?
BELL COUNTY, Texas — The juvenile justice system operates distinct from the adult system, built on rehabilitation rather than punishment.
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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 and ...
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Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions. Here are the 56 people on Angola's death row.
Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute ...
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Texas execution of 'desert killer,' on death row for 30 years, blocked by court
Texas death row inmate David Leonard Wood's execution, which had been set for this week, was halted by a Texas appeals court on Tuesday. Wood, 67, has spent nearly 33 years on death row and had ...
Texas Inmate on Death Row for 27 Years Has Conviction Overturned
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the conviction and death sentence of Brittany Holberg, who was 25 when she was sentenced to death.
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Senate committee unanimously passes bill to expand death penalty for killing children
The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice voted unanimously to pass Senate Bill 990, which would expand the age threshold for capital murder charges from victims ...