Posted on · Larry Swearingen, who had always maintained his innocence in Trotter's death, was the 12th inmate put to death this year in the U.S. and the fourth in Texas, the nation's busiest capital punishment state. Eleven more executions are scheduled in Texas this year.
Posted on · He was the first inmate put to death this year both in the U.S. and in Texas, the nation's busiest capital punishment state.
Posted on · Former Fort Worth street gang member Erick Davila is set for lethal injection Wednesday evening
Posted on · The 41st president was eager to get well so he can get to his summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine
Posted on · His was the nation's third execution this year, all in Texas
Posted on · A state judge and the state appeals court found Battaglia was competent, not mentally ill and was faking mental illness to try to avoid execution
Posted on · This is the second execution in 2018, both in Texas
Posted on · The pilot, identified as Bill Kinsinger, 55, of Oklahoma City, who is still missing, was a volunteer for the organization Pilots N Paws, which helps rescue animals nationwide
Posted on · Ruben Ramirez Cardenas is set for execution in Texas Wednesday, November 8, 2017, for the 1997 abduction-slaying of his 16-year-old cousin in the Texas Rio Grande Valley
Posted on · The court did not comment on its reasons for refusing the appeals. None of the four prisoners has an execution date
Posted on · Whitaker offered to take responsibility for the killings and accept life sentences but his attorneys said prosecutors rejected it because it contained no expression of remorse for the shooting deaths of his mother and his brother
Posted on · The top Roman Catholic bishop in the U.S. lauds President Donald Trump for his anti-abortion views, for comments on the importance of Catholic schools and for promising to defend religious liberties. When it comes to refugees and immigration, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo says he and Trump will "have to agree to disagree."
Posted on · Coy Wesbrook's lethal injection Wednesday evening would be the fourth this year in Texas.
Posted on · Former St. Louis Cardinals scouting director pleads guilty to hacking Houston Astros database.
Posted on · Scott Panetti’s execution was set for Dec. 3, 2014.Photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court has halted the scheduled execution of a Texas prisoner whose attorneys say is too delusional to be put to death. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a reprieve […]