Permission to Approach the Bedroom ... er, Bench?

Death row inmate denied retrial, despite evidence of affair between judge and prosecutor

"...– justified a new trial. Though it was the CCA that originally sent the case to Brewer, it has..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reed Loses Another Appeal

Yet another setback for death row inmate Rodney Reed

"...Stacey Stites in Bastrop in 1996. According to the CCA opinion (unanimous but unsigned), defense evidence demonstrating that Stites'..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...America, at 8015 Shoal Creek Blvd., to object to CCA's profiting from immigrant detention, particularly at the T. Don..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature

Supremes to Examine Death Row Appeals

Supreme Court agrees to hear three Texas death row appeals during its new term

"...in Smith's case, the court will determine whether the CCA knowingly disobeyed its 2004 ruling that Smith deserved a..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Keel-Hauling Death Row Defendants

Austin Rep. wants to fast-track federal appeals, speed up executions

"...– the third coming just two weeks before the CCA denied the appeal he filed on Rojas' behalf. Two..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: The Stays Stop Here?

After a quiet COVID season, Texas' death row machine rumbles back to life

"...The same day that Jones was executed, the CCA refused in a 5-4 ruling to grant a new..."

June 25, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: After 45 Years on Death Row, Sentence Overturned

Appeals court rules mentally ill inmate can't be executed

"...In its ruling, the CCA ordered Harris County to resentence Riles; if he receives..."

April 23, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: Quiet on Death Row

Pandemic halts the sputtering execution machine

"...The CCA and the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Rodney Reed Gets Execution Stay, New Hearing

New witnesses, debunked forensic evidence, and DNA testing to be considered in 2020

"...and was moved again when he learned of the CCA's action. "Friday was a day of cascading emotion," he..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: Failures at Trial Anchor Last-Chance Appeal for Sparks

If SCOTUS does not act, Sparks will be the third man executed in Texas this month

"...their crimes, both prisoners would have been segregated. The CCA knocked their death sentences down to life without parole,..."

Sept. 20, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: “Texas Seven” Member Contests “Law of Parties”

A robbery ended in a police officer death while Patrick Murphy waited outside. Current Texas law holds him responsible.

"...Murphy has since filed two additional requests in the CCA: another motion to reconsider, but for the court’s 2009..."

March 22, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Faith in Executions

Religious beliefs barred a potential juror from Christopher Young's trial. Did that cause his sentencing?

"...which was allowed under Casarez v. State, where the CCA held that peremptory challenges made on the basis of..."

July 13, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Bobby James Moore at SCOTUS

SCOTUS overturns Houston native's death sentence

"...sentenced to death for the 1980 shooting of James McCarble during a botched robbery, though his attorneys claimed he's..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Homicide, Drugs, Mental Incapacity

Garcia Glen White's time is running out

"...which he confessed to the killings. White's attorney Patrick McCann said during a 2002 application for writ of habeas..."

Jan. 23, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Texecutions Roll On: Another Troubling Case

Texecutions Roll On: Another Troubling Case

"...The CCA denied Jasper's original appeal, in which the juror issue..."

March 14, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Springsteen Sues for Innocence – in Bexar County

Freed inmate takes his case to a friendlier venue

"...through Assistant D.A. Scott Taliaferro, in January asked the CCA to block the Bexar County court from considering the..."

March 7, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch

Two death row cases go before courts

"...an attorney with the Innocence Project, argued before the CCA. Prosecutors argue instead for a reversal of a court..."

Dec. 11, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Three Executions Pending

Three more executions scheduled and under appeal

"...postponement of the April 3 execution date for Kimberly McCarthy, scheduled to become the fifth woman executed in Texas..."

April 5, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Swearingen Seeks DNA Testing

Execution scheduled for late February

"...the hearing. Those findings were ultimately rubber-stamped by the CCA on Dec. 12, 2012, clearing the way for the..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Li’l Band O’ Gold

Li’l Q&A with LBOG’s C.C. Adcock

"...CCA: With a big smile and wearing some really fine..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Skinner Will Get DNA Testing

AG's office reverses course

"...appeals. To put it mildly, Mitchell's arguments before the CCA were unpersuasive, and court observers said they believed a..."

June 1, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

A Stay for Skinner

Hank Skinner was scheduled to die this week

"...Clinic at the UT School of Law, asked the CCA to stay his execution while considering whether to grant..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

More WilCo Maneuvering in Morton Case

Bradley trying to pull plug on investigation?

"...the state, but also because the writ to the CCA based on innocence was agreed to by her boss,..."

Oct. 14, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

'Grooming' on Trial: Science or Supposition?

Is grooming a science? Says who?

"...But now Texas' highest criminal court, the CCA, must decide whether the state ever proved that grooming..."

June 24, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

BPP Retreats on Arbitrary Imposition of 'Sex Offender' Rules

New rules for "Special Condition X"

"...explicit images" on that phone (none of children), the CCA wrote in its opinion, Evans' parole was revoked and..."

June 13, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Death Penalty Off the Hook

Preemptive strike against wrongful conviction fails in murder trial prehearing

"...also at issue in Green's case. According to the CCA, in an opinion written by Judge Cathy Cochran, while..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Stalled Hearing Put Death Penalty on Trial

John Edward Green's murder trial began with testimony on wrongful convictions

"...reports the Houston Chronicle. Then they appealed to the CCA, which has now stepped in to halt the hearing..."

Dec. 10, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'Chronicle' Endorsements

Nov. 2 general election

"...local incumbents almost exclusively Democrats. For Austinites, it's an occasion for smugness or despair (or both). The ballot for..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature

Keller Keeps Her Robes, for Now

Special judge says Keller's conduct in execution case doesn't warrant removal

"...Because no final appeal was filed with the CCA, the federal courts were unable to intervene, and Richard..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

No Relief for Rodney Reed

The piecemeal appeals process isn't doing the death row inmate any favors

"...the state at the conclusion of the hearing, the CCA took up Reed's appeal to decide whether certain inaccuracies..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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