Death Watch: “An Intentional Smothering”

Tilon Carter says he never meant to kill James Tomlin

"...execution on Tuesday, Feb. 7, after 10 years on death row. The 37-year-old was convicted of capital murder in..."

Feb. 3, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Conflicts of Interest

What to do when your appelate attorney's headed to work for the D.A.?

"...The state's death chamber fires up again after a year in which..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Meth, Madness, and Death

Capital case tests limits of insanity defense

"...guns were hiding behind the trees watching him." He'd grown paranoid, possibly schizophrenic. Frightened, upset, and easily agitated...."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: Madness and Forensics

Two capital cases raise psychological and evidentiary issues

"...506th inmate to die here since reinstatement of the death penalty, and, according to the Death Penalty Information Center,..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch

No place for mitigation

"...involvement in drugs that would eventually send him to death row. According to records, in 2003 Parr arranged a..."

May 3, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Dissecting the Science of Death

1998 murder case will get a scientific examination

"...The question of whether the science of death and decomposition can prove that Larry Swearingen, now on..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Report Calls for Texas Death Penalty Reform

And people in hell want ice water

"...Earlier this month the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty handed state lawmakers its assessment of the state's..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: After Little Help From Counsel, Inmate to Die

Tercero's execution would be 12th in Texas this year

"...history of robberies and kidnappings. He was sentenced to death on Oct. 20, 2000...."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: San Antonio Gun Brother

Appeals denied for Paredes and two others

"...could determine that he assisted in or enforced the deaths of two of three individuals who lost their lives..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: Expert Opinion

Appeal alleges Dr. Death perjured himself at killer's trial

"...Glen; his head had been bashed in with a crowbar discarded next to his body...."

April 4, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: One Inmate Gets Reprieve, Another Granted Hearing

Is Larry Hatten sane enough to die?

"...is whether Hatten is actually competent enough to face death...."

Oct. 11, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

One Letter Short for 'ABCs of Death 2'

25 director teams announced: Can you bring the mayhem for 'M'?

"...and splicing together their next anthology, The ABCs of Death 2. 25? Not 26 letters in the alphabet? No,..."

Aug. 14, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Jersey Might Nix Death Penalty

“I think it is part of this bigger picture where the death penalty is on the defensive.”

"...It appears New Jersey is poised to abolish the death penalty. The state has eight men on death row..."

Nov. 21, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Intellectually Disabled or Mentally Ill?

Three cases raise the question

"...was scheduled for June 21. Williams was sentenced to death in 2006 for killing a 93-year-old woman in a..."

June 15, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: DNA Testing Denied for Rodney Reed

Reed and Pruett strike out. But justice for Duane Buck?

"...Reed has been on death row since receiving a death sentence in 1998 for..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Matters of Incompetence

How smart must one be to stand for execution? In Texas, not that smart.

"...an appeal argued Monday, Nov. 14, by attorneys for death row inmate John Bat­taglia, who believe their client is..."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: A First Time for Everything

Execution date withdrawn for Perry Williams after state fails to retest lethal drugs

"...Texas death row inmate Perry Williams saw his Thursday (July 14)..."

July 15, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: Texecutioners vs. the World

Capital case raises questions of international consular rights

"...of Justice order, to ensure that Mexican nationals on death row in Texas were afforded the legal protections assured..."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Two More in Line for Death Penalty

These two men were both 19 when they were sentenced to death

"...cracked Kincaid's windshield, and he reportedly thought Haynes had thrown something at him. He followed Haynes, and when the..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Lies on the Stand and an Execution Delayed

The state won't kill Ivan Cantu this month after all

"...Cantu, now 49, was sent to death row in 2001 for the murders of his cousin,..."

April 28, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Does an Expired Execution Drug Make Death Painful?

Either way, the state killed Robert Fratta Tuesday

"...drug the state has used since 2012 to kill death row inmates, causes a burning sensation before death, constituting..."

Jan. 13, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: Justice for Whom?

Kent Whitaker never wanted execution for his son

"...secured a life sentence for Brashear but sought the death penalty for Whitaker, who they said concocted the plan..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: Rayford, Battaglia

Huntsville heats up

"...alleged evidence. Anton also cites Ray­ford's 16 years on death row as a form of cruel and unusual punishment...."

Jan. 26, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Relief Denied, Inmate to Be Executed

Escamilla to be 12th Texan executed this year

"...of capital murder in the Nov. 25, 2001, shooting death of 34-year-old Christopher Kevin James, an off-duty policeman carrying..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: Execution Stayed Until TDCJ Makes New Spiritual Adviser Rules

State's neglect also places Stephen Barbee at risk of torture

"...the ongoing dispute over allowing spiritual advisers into the death chamber to comfort the condemned. The U.S. Supreme Court..."

Nov. 11, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: The Suitcase Killer

State's fourth execution set for March 27

"...Monday afternoon, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied death row inmate Rosendo Rodriguez III's most recent appeal, and..."

March 23, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Stay to Clinton Young

Evidentiary hearing expected in Midland County

"...Death row inmate Clinton Young received a stay of execution..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Steven Long Spared Execution

SCOTUS’ ruling in Bobby James Moore case spares inmate’s life, for now

"...be spared thanks to Bobby James Moore, another Texas death row inmate. On Monday, Aug. 21, the state's Court..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch

Kimberly McCarthy becomes the 500th person executed since death penalty reinstated

"...on Monday declined to consider an appeal brought by death row inmate Kimberly McCarthy, slated to be executed tonight..."

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Appeals Court: Name Your Death Drugs, Texas

A ruling in name only

"...suit was filed by several attorneys representing clients on death row. The TDCJ will appeal the decision to the..."

June 2, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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