Judge Edith Jones: Blacks and Hispanics More Violent

Complaint filed over Jones's discriminatory and biased comments

"...Indeed, Jones also said that a death sentence provides a public service by allowing an inmate..."

June 4, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...the local chapter of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty are holding an Anti-Death Penalty Alternative Spring Break..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...punish an alleged "historical pattern of excessive force, unnecessary deaths, and abuse of [police] search powers" against minorities. "We..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature

Two Roads to Justice

Republican Shane Phelps takes another stab at Democrat Ronnie Earle's job for district attorney.

"...Austin safe, even though the city is experiencing rapid growth. "We are in danger of losing the things that..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Utz

"...on display in a room of his Prague apartment, row upon mirrored row. Set in near-contemporary Czechoslovakia, Utz's story..."

June 11, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texecutions Roll On: Another Troubling Case

Texecutions Roll On: Another Troubling Case

"...hours of deliberation, the same panel sent Jasper to death row. Unless the courts intervene, Texas intends to execute..."

March 14, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Let David Live

The execution of David Powell will not serve justice

"...for parole in 20 years. After 32 years on death row, much of it in solitary confinement, Powell will..."

May 21, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...student who stabbed his piano professor Danielle Martin to death in April 2004, began Monday. Presiding Travis Co. District..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature

In Our Names

The case of Napoleon Beazley shines a spotlight on the Texas system of capital punishment.

"...states -- even that shrinking number which retain the death penalty -- subscribe to the common understanding that a..."

May 31, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Record Reviews

"...folk, and classical compositions, plus an awful Jane Siberry throwaway. Don Byron's semi-moving "Oi Tata" and the Klezmatics somber..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Music Review

Perry the Executioner

Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally

"...trigger and had no idea that his companion, Maurecio Brown, would shoot anyone, the state argued at trial that..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...100 acres in Leander in response to huge population growth (Leander is currently served by the Cypress Creek campus)...."

May 28, 2010 News Feature

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Texas prosecutors use the 'law of parties' to widen the net for capital punishment

"...Kenneth Foster and three companions – Julius Steen, Mauriceo Brown, and Dwayne Dillard – got into Foster's rental car..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

State rep presses AG for 'murderabilia' opinion

"...a dead horse – or, more precisely, a dead death-row inmate. On July 29, Talton penned a request to..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Who Killed Stacey Stites?

A re-examination of a Bastrop murder case leaves many unanswered questions.

"...Reed now resides on death row in Livingston. But he and his defenders continue..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Texas Continues Sending People to the Execution Chamber, Innocent or Not

Year-end report focuses on inmates with innocence claims

"...year-end report from the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty...."

Jan. 10, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Off the Hot Seat

Lightning Rod

"...settled into his role as a lightning rod for anti-death-penalty criticism. The board has had plenty to answer for..."

July 16, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Texas Executing Inmates at Near-Record Pace

Aug. 7 execution date set for inmate who claims mental retardation

"...on Aug. 7 Texas is slated to put to death Marvin Lee Wilson, sent to death row in 1998..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

American Caste

"...Texas Death Row is a striking portrait of our state's underclass...."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Ricardo Ainslie

New Evidence Suggests Ivan Cantu’s Innocence, But Will Anyone Stop His Execution?

85,000 petitioners and celebrities are behind him

"...Helen Prejean is trying to keep Texas from killing death row inmate Ivan Cantu. Prejean, the famed death penalty..."

Feb. 23, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories

Some died, some walked

"...3) GRAVES FINALLY FREED! After nearly two decades, death row inmate Anthony Graves – falsely accused of murdering..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Executions Maintain Steady Clip

When it comes to the death penalty, Texas throws caution to the wind

"...Capital punishment convictions declined in 2008, but the Huntsville death machine did not slow – from June through November,..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

American Caste

Seven authors react to the photos and documentation in Rich Crawford's Texas Death Row.

"...E.A. Eads for their reaction to Bill Crawford's Texas Death Row. What follows is their response to the "official..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Rock This Way

The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section

"...of Soundtracks by Frank Jastfelder and Stefan Kassel (Little, Brown and Company, $29.95 paper), one stops to admire the..."

March 20, 1998 Books Feature

Is Texas Breaking the Law?

State poised to execute another Mexican national

"...Instead, writes Babcock, it wasn't until Leal arrived on death row "that he received the address of his consulate..."

June 8, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Sundance Announces Shorts Program

Texans get the nod

"...Let's Harvest the Organs of Death Row Inmates (Directors: Chris Weller and Max Joseph; Screenwriter:..."

Dec. 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

"...to Anderson's aid, but then left the scene. The death is being investigated as a homicide. Police are asking..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature

'State vs. Reed' Gaining Steam: Pair's First Doc Becoming the Story

Local pair's first doc becoming the story

"...the questionable events surrounding the conviction and sentencing of death row inmate Rodney Reed – was screened at Bastrop's..."

April 14, 2006 Screens Feature by Frank Rivera

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the mentally retarded ["Why Is Doil Lane Still on Death Row?" Oct. 17]. It's almost impossible to find out..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Column

Capital Convictions Decline in 2008

Capital convictions are down, but the death machine is still busy

"...Capital convictions declined in 2008, but the Huntsville death machine did not slow – from May through November,..."

Dec. 10, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

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