Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2077: Last Words
Posted on · Episode: 2077 Last Words: What do we say before we die? Today, the last word.
Tag: execution
The Death Penalty In Texas
For The First Time In More Than 40 Years, Media Were Not Allowed To Witness A Texas Execution
Posted on · On Wednesday, the state executed Quintin Jones, 41, for the Tarrant County murder of his great-aunt in 1999.
The Death Penalty
As Texas Prepares To Execute Quintin Jones For Murdering His Great-Aunt, His Relatives Hope For Last-Minute Reprieve
Posted on · Jones was sentenced to death in 2001 in Tarrant County after he fatally beat his great-aunt, 83-year-old Berthena Bryant, with a baseball bat. But two relatives say they’ve forgiven him and want his sentence commuted to life in prison.
Town Square
Sister Helen Prejean Condemns The Politics Of “Administering Death”
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.
Houston Matters
Execution Policy Change, And Closing The Border: The Good, Bad, And Ugly Of The News
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.
News
Texas Executes Joseph Garcia, One Of The “Texas Seven” Prison Escapees
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.
News
Texas Executes Chris Young, Who Fought The State Parole Board In A Final Appeal
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.
News
Before His Scheduled Execution, Chris Young Fights The Texas Parole Board
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.
Texas
Danny Bible Executed For A 1979 Rape And Murder, Despite Claims That He Was Too Sick For Lethal Injection
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.
News
Danny Bible Faces Execution In A 1979 Rape And Murder; He Says He’s Too Sick For Lethal Injection
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
News
UPDATE: Texas Executes Juan Edward Castillo
Posted on · The execution is the 11th this year in the U.S., and the sixth in Texas
News
Exonerated Man On Texas Request For Faster Death Penalty Appeals: “I Would Have Been Executed”
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.
News
Texas Trying To Expedite the Execution Process
Posted on · Texas would be the first state to receive opt-in approval in more than two decades
News
Man Who Stuffed Lubbock Woman’s Body Into Luggage Set To Die
Posted on · Rosendo Rodriguez III to be the fourth inmate executed this year in Texas
News
Man On Death Row For Killing 2 Women In Houston Loses Appeal
Posted on · Death row inmate loses appeal, moving closer to execution