“Actually innocent”: Judge recommends overturning death row inmate Melissa Lucio’s conviction, sending case to Texas high court
The Cameron County judge also found the state relied on false testimony during her capital murder trial, according to court ...
Former death row inmate Kerry Max Cook exonerated for 1977 Tyler murder sues city, Smith County
Cook says he is seeking justice for the harm, loss of liberty and hardships he endured over the past 47 years and continues ...
Man exonerated in Tyler murder sues city, Smith County after 20 years on death row
The East Texas man exonerated in the brutal murder of a woman in 1977 has filed a lawsuit seeking damages for his wrongful ...
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Travis Co. grand jury indicts construction company, project head for employee death
A Travis County grand jury has indicted a construction company and a project superintendent in the 2021 death of a ...
No more death row executions until January, SC Supreme Court decides
South Carolina will not carry out any more executions until at least January, the state Supreme Court ruled in a Thursday ...
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Biden Must Use Final Months in Office to Commute Federal Death Sentences
In our series on how Biden can use the lame duck period to secure civil liberties and civil rights, we examine how Biden can ...
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Texas lawmakers target property taxes, abortion and gender transition care in first bills for the 2025 session
Lawmakers in the Texas House and Senate filed more than a thousand pieces of legislation Tuesday, offering an early look at ...
‘Tell me exactly what happened’: Digging into Robert Roberson’s trial, hearing transcripts
The Dallas Morning News read roughly 3,000 pages of court documents from Roberson’s guilt-innocence trial, punishment phase, ...
ACLU petition calls on Biden to ‘commute all federal death sentences’ before Trump takes office
An American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) petition is calling on President Biden “to commute all federal death sentences” ...
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How disagreements about a Texas death row inmate’s guilt became a legal battle between branches of government
The Supreme Court of Texas is weighing whether death row inmate Robert Roberson — whose capital punishment was temporarily halted last month — must testify before a Texas House committee ...