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Man accused of murdering 11-year-old girl in Pasadena awaits extradition after arrest in Louisiana

Posted on August 21, 2023 · Juan Carlos Garcia Rodriguez, 18, was charged with capital murder and arrested over the weekend. He is accused of killing his 11-year-old neighbor, Maria Gonzalez.

Criminal Justice

Convicted murderer Syed Rabbani, ‘abandoned’ by previous defense attorneys, to be removed from death row after 35 years

Posted on November 16, 2023 · Rabbani, 58, was convicted and sentenced to death in 1988 in the shooting death of 21-year-old Mohammed Jikar Hasan. His 1994 request for a new punishment phase of his trial was granted earlier this fall, and Harris County prosecutors are no longer asking for the death penalty as Rabbani is in a vegetative state, according to his new defense attorney.

Criminal Justice

A.J. Armstrong transferred to second Texas prison since being convicted of parents’ murders

Posted on September 27, 2023 · Armstrong, who was found guilty Aug. 16 in Harris County, was transferred Saturday to the George Beto Unit in East Texas after spending less than a week at a facility in the Corpus Christi area.

Criminal Justice

A.J. Armstrong requests fourth trial after being convicted of parents’ 2016 murders

Posted on September 19, 2023 · A new defense attorney for the 23-year-old Armstrong, who was a teenager at the time of his parents' deaths, claimed in a motion for a new trial that he should have been tried as a juvenile and that prosecutors should have provided previous defense attorneys with information that questioned the credibility of a key witness.

Houston Matters

What resources will be available for LGBTQ students at UH with resource center closing?

Posted on August 29, 2023 · A new Texas law is forcing the University of Houston's LGBTQ Resource Center to close this week. We discuss what resources remain for interested UH students.

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Criminal Justice

Man accused of murdering 11-year-old girl in Pasadena awaits extradition after arrest in Louisiana

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