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Melissa Lucio’s execution halted by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Acknowledging substantive questions about Lucio’s guilt and the fairness of her conviction, the appeals court blocked her Wednesday execution so the case can be further investigated.
By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune
Tags: Texas News, Melissa Lucio, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, stay of execution, halted execution, death row, Cameron County District Attorney Luis Saenz, Texas, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, Cameron County, Rep. Jeff Leach, Texas House, Texas Senate, Texas Legislature, Innocence Project, false confession, Tivon Schardl, Texas Ranger, child death, death penalty
The Executioner’s Song: San Antonio artist Mark Menjivar takes aim at capital punishment
By Bryan Rindfuss
Tags: San Antonio, Texas, art, contemporary art, Mark Menjivar, interview, capital puniishment, executions, Blue Star Contemporary, Please Form a Line, David Lee Powell, death penalty, TAVP, death row, Texas After Violence Project, DLP Inventory, Birds, Rats, Roses, Sala Diaz, artist in residence, sheet music, composer, composition
Documentarian advocates for a new trial for convicted mother in The State of Texas vs. Melissa
By Kiko Martinez
Tags: Film, Texas, The State of Texas vs. Melissa, documentary, interview, Melissa Elizabeth Lucio, first Latina sentenced to death in the state of Texas, Latinx, Latina, death sentence, Sabrina Van Tassel, Harlingen, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, overturned conviction, forced confession, U.S. Supreme Court, unfair trial, new trial, Melissa Lucio, death row
Texas Parole Board Votes Unanimously to Recommend the Governor Halt Rodney Reed's Execution
By Sanford Nowlin
Tags: Rodney Reed, Andrew MacRae, Parole Board, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, lawmakers, Texas, death row, execution, Greg Abbott
Texas to Execute Known White Supremacist for 1998 Dragging Death of Black Man
By Sarah Martinez
Tags: Texas, San Antonio, Jasper, death row, execution date, John William King, James Byrd Jr., Lawrence Brewer, Shawn Berry
Texas Sees Uptick in Executions, Death Sentences in 2018
Tags: San Antonio, Texas, death penalty, death row, parole board, Greg Abbott, court of criminal appeals, execution
Danny Bible Faces Execution in a 1979 Rape and Murder. He Says He's Too Sick for Lethal Injection.
Tags: Danny Bible, Daniel Bible, Texas, Harris County, Houston, death row, Texas inmate, lethal injection
Man Who Killed His Two Daughters While Mother Listened Over the Phone is Executed
By Lyanne A. Guarecuco
Tags: Dallas, murder, John Battaglia, muder trial, execution, death row, death row inmate, Texas death row, Liberty Battaglia, Faith Battaglia, daughters, Mary Jean Pearle, 2002
Infamous "Tourniquet Killer" is First Death Row Inmate to be Executed in 2018
Tags: Death Row, Texas Death Row, Anthony Shore, Anthony Allen Shore, Tourniquet Killer, murder, sexual assault, rape, crime, Houston, execution, final statement, DNA
Despite Decline, Texas Still Executes More Prisoners Than Any Other State
Tags: Texas, Death Row, Death Row inmates, prison, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, executions, death sentence, death penalty, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Governor Rick Perry
Texas Death Row Inmate's Execution Postponed Over False Testimony
Tags: Death Row, Texas death row, death row inmate, death penalty, Bexar County, Bexar County District Attorney's Office, Juan Castillo, Anthony Shore, Duane Buck, Gerardo Gutierrez, Tommy Garcia Jr., murder, robbery, crime, San Antonio, execution date, execution postponed
Mexico is Trying to Stop Texas from Executing One of its Citizens
Tags: Mexico, United States, U.S., Mexican consulate, Carlos Sada, Ruben Ramirez Cardenas, death row, death penalty, lethal injection, Vienna Convention, Mexican government, Mayra Laguna, murder, abduction
Judge Postpones Execution for Houston "Tourniquet Killer"
Tags: murder, crime, Anthony Shore, death row, Texas death row, Tourniquet Killer, Larry Swearingen, Huntsville, death penalty, execution, lethal injection
Racist Testimony Reduces Texas Inmate's Death Sentence to Life in Prison
By Alex Zielinski
Tags: Duane Buck, death row, capital punishment, Supreme Court, Harris County, Kim Ogg, racism, discrimination, justice
Two Texas Inmates Will Be Executed After Supreme Court Declined to Hear Their Appeals
Tags: Texas, death penalty, death row, Houston, Robert Pruett, Anthony Shore, murders, murder, prison, Supreme Court
Texas Innocence Project Founder Quits, Accuses Colleagues Of Selling Out
By Hernán Rozemberg
Tags: The Daily, Jeff Blackburn, Amarillo, Innocence Project, death row, exoneration
The Lone Star State Is Running Out Of Its Killing Drugs
By Haley McLeod
Tags: The Daily, Texas, Lethal Injection, Capital Punishment, American Pharmacist Association, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Brad Livington, Bexar County, Death Row, Manuel Garza Jr., Pentobarbital
San Antonio Man Who Killed Cop Scheduled For Execution Tonight
By Mark Reagan
Tags: The Daily, Death Row, Manuel Garza, San Antonio Police Department, Bexar County, Texas, TDCJ
Schizophrenic Death Row Inmate Asks Court for Funds to Prove Mental Illness
Tags: The Daily, Scott Panetti, ACLU, Texas, Death Row, Mental Illness
A Death Row Inmate's Last Words Become A Sensation
By Albert Salazar
Tags: The Daily, death row, Gawker, Ray Jasper, David Alejandro, Postcards from the Edge, Steven Alejandro
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San Antonio Spurs accidentally confirm team is looking to relocate downtown
By Michael Karlis
Popular Salad and Go concept expanding its San Antonio footprint
By Nina Rangel
Could Steph Curry, LeBron James end up in San Antonio? Some sports bettors think so.
Selena tribute beer stops production after Quintanilla family sends cease-and-desist letter
A sprawling Castle Hills estate built in 1972 has hit the market for $895,000, and it retains plenty of its funky vintage…
By San Antonio Current Staff
A historic home that got a Japanese-style makeover in the 1950s by the owners of San Antonio's Dailey Liquors chain has hit…
For the first time, Fiesta Fiesta — the kickoff event for San Antonio's annual citywide party — took place at H-E-B Plaza…
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