Seven Texans facing federal execution given clemency - 25 News …
2 days ago · The 58-year-old East Texas man, who was convicted of killing his chronically ill 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in 2003, was set to be executed in October, but, in a stunning act of defiance ...
Biden commutes death sentences of 7 charged with crimes in Texas
3 days ago · Sixteen people have been executed since the reinstatement of the federal death penalty in 1988, while Texas has put to death more than 550 people in the same period, according to the center’s data.
Testimony of Texas man whose execution was ... - Associated Press News
Dec 20, 2024 · AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ attorney general sought again on Thursday to stop a man on death row from testifying to lawmakers who have raised doubts about his guilt and successfully paused his execution at the last minute in October.. Robert Roberson was convicted in 2003 of killing his 2-year-old daughter. His execution had been set to be the first in the U.S. …
Texas executes Ivan Cantu, who claimed innocence in 2000 …
Feb 29, 2024 · The state of Texas on Wednesday executed death row inmate Ivan Cantu, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2000 murders of his cousin and his cousin’s fiancée – though he insisted...
Texas Supreme Court rules against lawmakers who stopped execution | AP News
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a legislative subpoena cannot stop an execution after Republican and Democratic lawmakers who say Robert Roberson is innocent used the novel maneuver to pause his execution at the last minute.
Texas executes Ramiro Gonzales after failed appeals that argued …
Jun 26, 2024 · Texas executed Ramiro Gonzales by lethal injection on Wednesday for a 2001 murder, the state Department of Criminal Justice said, following unsuccessful appeals to the US Supreme Court that...
Texas Supreme Court orders last-minute stay of execution for ... - CBS News
Oct 28, 2024 · HUNTSVILLE — The Texas Supreme Court halted the scheduled execution of Robert Roberson late Thursday night, hours before he was poised to become the first person in the U.S. executed for a...
Texas man whose execution was halted won't ... - Associated Press News
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man whose execution was halted and then called to testify at the state Capitol did not show up Monday over growing pushback from state leaders who have blasted lawmakers’ last-ditch tactics to subpoena Robert Roberson and spare his life for now.
Texas executes three-decade death row inmate Brent Brewer | The Texas …
Nov 9, 2023 · The state of Texas executed Brent Brewer, who spent three decades on death row on Thursday evening for the 1990 murder of Robert Laminack. It was the seventh execution of 2023.
Travis James Mullis to be executed in Texas on Tuesday. What to …
Sep 24, 2024 · Texas set to execute Travis James Mullis for the murder of his infant son. What to know. Mullis is set to to die by lethal injection about 16 years after he killed 3-month-old Alijah and...