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Trial of former Border Patrol agent, alleged serial killer starts Monday in San Antonio
Juan David Ortiz, a former supervisory intelligence officer, is accused of killing four sex-workers in Laredo.
By Michael Karlis
Tags: San Antonio News, San Antonio, Bexar County, Laredo, crime, serial killer, murder, Juan David Ortiz, US Customs and Border Patrol, sex workers, trial, capital murder, death penalty, victims, news
Federal grand jury indicts two men in deaths of migrants abandoned in San Antonio tractor-trailer
In a related case, two other men were indicted on federal firearms charges.
By Sanford Nowlin
Tags: San Antonio News, San Antonio, migrant deaths, tractor-trailer, truck, abandoned tractor-trailer, federal indictments, federal grand jury, indicted, Justice Department, Juan Claudio D’Luna-Mendez, Juan Francisco D’Luna-Bilbao, Homero Zamorano Jr., Christian Martinez, Pasadena, Texas, firearms possession, police, migration, immigration, border, U.S.-Mexico border, transporting migrants, federal charges, life sentence, death penalty
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
A wrongful execution in Texas points to the fallibility of the death penalty
By Michael Barajas, The Texas Observer
Tags: Death penalty, film, Carlos DeLuna, Carlos Hernandez, The Phantom, Wanda Lopez, Corpus Christi, documentary, Innocence Project, Columbia University, James Liebman, Texas Courts, texas criminal justice, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Joe Biden, Congress, Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, Judiciary Committee
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
Gov. Greg Abbott Is Likely to Follow Examples of Prior Republican Texas Governors and Let Rodney Reed Die
Tags: Rodney Reed, Greg Abbott, Stacey Stites, death penalty, Texas, Cal Jillson, Southern Methodist University, Texas justice, Cameron Todd Willingham, Karla Faye Tucker, George W. Bush, Rick Perry, Beyonce, Ted Cruz
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
Despite Decline, Texas Still Executes More Prisoners Than Any Other State
By Lyanne A. Guarecuco
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
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
Truck Driver Indicted on 5 Charges For Immigrant Deaths
By Alex Zielinski
Tags: James Bradley, immigrants, undocumented, death penalty
Bexar County Jury Sentences 'Cop Killer' To Death
By Mark Reagan
Tags: The Daily, Bexar County, Capital Murder, Mark Anthony Gonzalez, Death Penalty
Texas Just Might Be the Worst Kind of Drug Dealer
Tags: The Daily, Texas, Oklahoma, Virgina, Death Penalty
Schizophrenic Death Row Inmate's Case Back in Court
By Rohit Chandan
Tags: The Daily, Scott Panetti, Death Penalty
Texas to Execute First Inmate of the Year Tonight
Tags: The Daily, Texas, Death Penalty, Execution, Huntsville, Arnold Prieto, San Antonio, Bexar County, District Attorney
Appeals Court Stops Texas from Killing Mentally Ill Inmate
Tags: The Daily, Scott Panetti, Texas, Execution, Lethal Injection, Associated Press, Mental Illness, Death Penalty
Texas Set to Execute Schizophrenic Inmate
Tags: The Daily, Texas, Death Penalty, Execution, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, San Antonio Express-News, Scott Louis Panetti
Charity Lee, SA death penalty opponent, to make her stand on Supreme Court's stoop
By SA DAILY
Tags: The Daily, Staff Blogs, supreme court, abortion, death penalty, lethal injection, charity lee, gary gilmore, ella foundation
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San Antonio Spurs accidentally confirm team is looking to relocate downtown
Popular Salad and Go concept expanding its San Antonio footprint
By Nina Rangel
True Colors: Jeremy Sochan is putting his stamp on the Spurs and San Antonio
Social media roasts City of San Antonio for clip on how to get to NIOSA amid construction
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…
Great dining spots abound in San Antonio, but things can get complicated when you have kids in tow. Fortunately, many Alamo City…
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