Posted on · Sister Helen Prejean's memoir, River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey, reflects on relationships that shaped her relationship to spirituality, introduced her to activism against the death penalty, and challenged her spiritual vocation.
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Posted on · Garcia was executed Tuesday night. He was the fourth of the "Texas Seven" inmates executed after the group escaped the Connally Unit in 2000 and killed Irving Police Officer Aubrey Hawkins during a Christmas Eve robbery.
Posted on · The death row inmate claimed that the parole board likely rejected his clemency petition because he was black. The argument highlighted a long-standing criticism of clemency in Texas.
Posted on · The death row inmate claims that the parole board likely rejected his clemency petition because he is black. The argument highlights a long-standing criticism of clemency in Texas.
Posted on · The death row inmate argued that officials likely wouldn't be able to find a vein, and he proposed that the state instead use a firing squad or nitrogen gas. His execution proceeded with no indication of trouble injecting the drugs.
Posted on · The death row inmate is arguing in court that officials likely won't be able to find a vein, and he proposed that the state instead use a firing squad or nitrogen gas
Posted on · The execution is the 11th this year in the U.S., and the sixth in Texas
Posted on · Defense lawyers, legal groups and former federal judges also point to cases of people taken off death row as they oppose the state's push for faster federal death penalty appeals.
Posted on · Texas would be the first state to receive opt-in approval in more than two decades
Posted on · Rosendo Rodriguez III to be the fourth inmate executed this year in Texas
Posted on · Death row inmate loses appeal, moving closer to execution
Posted on · Texas death row inmates lost at the U.S. Supreme Court when the high court denied their petition to challenge the state's execution protocol
Posted on · A Texas inmate is one step closer to an execution
Posted on · The parole board's presiding officer, said the panel recommended the governor commute the sentence to a lesser penalty