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- APRIL 19, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
The House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee approved...
The House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee approved two measures that could halt executions for 2 years in the nation's most active death penalty state
- APRIL 12, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee endorsed a...
Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee endorsed a resolution that would allow voters to decide whether to impose a two-year moratorium on executions while the state's death penalty is studied
- APRIL 5, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
A federal appeals court threw out Texas death row inmate...
A federal appeals court threw out Texas death row inmate David Allen Gardner's sentence, ruling his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination was violated by a psychiatrist's testimony
- APRIL 3, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Convicted murderer Jason Massey apologized profusely,...
Convicted murderer Jason Massey apologized profusely, revealed where he disposed the missing body parts of one of his victims and then prayerfully went to his death for the murders of Christina Benjamin, 13, and her stepbrother, James King, 14 on July 27,
- MARCH 30, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced to death Daniel Acker, 29, after finding...
A jury sentenced to death Daniel Acker, 29, after finding him guilty of capital murder in the strangulation death of his girlfriend, 32-year-old Marquetta George, last March
- MARCH 30, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Corey James Jennings, 25, convicted of gunning down...
Corey James Jennings, 25, convicted of gunning down Quy Quang Lam, 21, a neighborhood store clerk was sentenced to death by lethal injection
- MARCH 27, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
One day before he was scheduled to die, Michael Moore...
One day before he was scheduled to die, Michael Moore received a reprieve from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- MARCH 7, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Dennis Dowthitt, 55, was executed for sexually abusing...
Dennis Dowthitt, 55, was executed for sexually abusing and killing a Montgomery County teen on June 13, 1990
- MARCH 6, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
Rep. Glen Lewis (D-Fort Worth) proposed a bill that...
Rep. Glen Lewis (D-Fort Worth) proposed a bill that would require the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to meet as a body and be subject to state open meetings laws. Currently, the 18-member panel is not required to meet when deciding cases, and clemen
- MARCH 1, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
John Alba was sentenced to death for the 2nd time for...
John Alba was sentenced to death for the 2nd time for the 1991 fatal shooting of his wife
- FEBRUARY 22, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
In Karnes City, a jury sentenced a 20-year-old man...
In Karnes City, a jury sentenced a 20-year-old man to death for helping his boyhood friend (Mr
- FEBRUARY 21, 2001TexasDEATH PENALTY
The Senate Criminal Justice Committee voted 5-0 to...
The Senate Criminal Justice Committee voted 5-0 to approve SB 133, the racial evidence bill