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One of two executions scheduled in Texas this week involves man convicted for four Harris County murders

Posted on March 6, 2023 · Arthur Brown Jr. and two others were convicted in connection to the 1992 murder of several family members and their neighbor. Recently, he is seeking a stay of execution, claiming Harris County prosecutors withheld evidence during his trial.

Criminal Justice

Texas set to execute Arthur Brown Jr. for Houston slayings despite claims of innocence, intellectual disability

Posted on March 9, 2023 · Brown’s appeals are running out after almost 30 years on death row. Defense attorneys claim Harris County prosecutors hid evidence pointing to another suspect in the 1992 shooting deaths of four people in a Houston drug house.

Criminal Justice

Texas executes Robert Fratta after high courts reject challenges to expired lethal injection drugs

Posted on January 11, 2023 · Fratta was convicted in the 1994 murder-for-hire of his wife. Lawyers unsuccessfully challenged Texas’ routine of extending the expiration dates of its lethal drugs, a practice begun when many pharmacies began refusing to provide doses for executions.

Houston Matters

Comedy special at the heart of death penalty appeal (Jan. 2, 2023)

Posted on January 2, 2023 · On Monday's show: The U.S. Supreme Court this week will consider whether to take up a Texas case regarding whether footage from a comedy special taped inside a jail should have been shown to jurors who subsequently gave a convicted murderer the death penalty.

Criminal Justice

Texas set fewer execution dates in 2022 than any year since 1996, report finds

Posted on December 16, 2022 · The state set only eight execution dates in 2022 and only carried out five. It’s already on track to put at least eight people to death in 2023.

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One of two executions scheduled in Texas this week involves man convicted for four Harris County murders

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