Texas
2026
From the country
- MAY 12, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
After acknowledging to police that he had shot and...
After acknowledging to police that he had shot and killed a woman, Juan Jose Reynosa said he didn't want to spend a long time in prison
- MAY 10, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury recommended District Judge Cliff Stricklin to...
A jury recommended District Judge Cliff Stricklin to impose the death sentence on 19-year-old Anthony Doyle for the January 2003 slaying of 47-year-old Hyun Mi Cho
- MAY 7, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gerardo Flores, 18, was arrested by Lufkin police after...
Gerardo Flores, 18, was arrested by Lufkin police after his 16-year-old girlfriend delivered twin boys stillborn at home and sought medical attention at an East Texas hospital, an arrest affidavit states
- APRIL 22, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Inmate's death sentence overturned for 2nd time --...
Inmate's death sentence overturned for 2nd time -- Court cites inadequate defense during trial for 1980 Houston murders Max Soffar, who claimed he had falsely confessed involvement in the July 1980 murders of three youths in a Houston bowling alley has be
- APRIL 21, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Texas court overturns two death sentences The Texas...
Texas court overturns two death sentences The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today overturned two death sentences, one for an inmate it says is mentally retarded and another for a man police said aided in the ambush killing of an officer
- APRIL 7, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
A Harris County jury has sentenced 19-year-old Damon...
A Harris County jury has sentenced 19-year-old Damon Matthews to death row for shooting a friend and stealing his car
- APRIL 7, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Waco, Sherman Lamont Fields, 29, was sentenced to death
In Waco, Sherman Lamont Fields, 29, was sentenced to death
- MARCH 24, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bishop Desmond Tutu spent...
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bishop Desmond Tutu spent about 45 minutes with inmate Dominique Green on Texas death row in Livingston's Polunsky Prison Unit
- MARCH 23, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
The family and supporters of Linda Carty, a British...
The family and supporters of Linda Carty, a British woman on death row in Texas for murder, called on British Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene
- MARCH 22, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Rodrigo Hernandez, 30, has been convicted to death...
Rodrigo Hernandez, 30, has been convicted to death for the February 1994 rape and slaying of Susan Verstegen, 25
- MARCH 20, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury that earlier this week found Guy Allen guilty...
A jury that earlier this week found Guy Allen guilty of the stabbing deaths of his girlfriend and her daughter decided he should die for his crime
- MARCH 11, 2004TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Rick Perry has commuted the death sentence of...
Gov. Rick Perry has commuted the death sentence of a Houston killer deemed retarded by the courts in a decision that was considered inevitable under a 2002 Supreme Court ruling prohibiting execution of mentally deficient inmates. Robert Smith, 36, who was