Judge Rules Against DNA Testing in Reed Case

Resets the execution date for March 5

"...Judge Doug Shaver ruled against the Bastrop native, on death row since 1998. Supporters for Reed said that Shaver’s..."

Nov. 25, 2014 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Persecuting Judge Sharon Keller

Keller says case against her highlights injustice in system. No joke.

"...false allegation that she closed the court to a death row inmate on the day of his execution is..."

June 9, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Burleson Co. Judge: $1 Million to Free Graves

"...bond for Anthony Graves – whose murder conviction and death sentence the appellate court overturned earlier this year –..."

Dec. 20, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Kosoul Chanthakoummane Execution Stayed Once More

Collin County native’s death delayed due to doubts over forensic evidence

"...Texas death row inmate Kosoul Chan­tha­koum­mane, who was scheduled for execution..."

June 23, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Dead Man's Curse

Simon Rumley mines horror from a real-life death row case

"...town was fingered for the crime and sentenced to death. Despite protestations of innocence to the very end, Garrett..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Swearingen to CCA: Please Test the Evidence

State says testing won't prove innocence

"...of evidence in the case of Larry Swearingen, on death row for the kidnapping and murder of Melissa Trotter,..."

Dec. 5, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Panetti Sane Enough For Execution

At least for now, inmate cleared for death

"...has ruled that Scott Panetti, a schizophrenic sent to death row for a 1992 double murder, is sane enough..."

Aug. 22, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Callous Keller Strikes Again

Judge lies in zeal to send convict to the death chamber.

"...Court of Criminal Appeals’ decision to ignore the last-minute death row appeal of Michael Richard (clearing the way for..."

Oct. 9, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Graves Appeals Prohibitively High Bond

"...in March overturned Graves’ 1994 capital murder conviction and death sentence, ruling that prosecutors withheld crucial exculpatory witness statements..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Post by Jordan Smith

Battaglia Granted Execution Stay

Appeals court grants inmate more time to argue incompetency claim

"...federal court this morning (March 30), just hours before death row inmate John Battaglia was scheduled for execution. In..."

March 30, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Randall Mays Receives Stay of Execution

CCA rules Monday that inmate might be too insane to die

"...of 55-year-old Randall Mays Monday, citing questions concerning the death row inmate’s mental competency. The state’s Code of Criminal..."

March 17, 2015 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

New DNA Testing Confirms Skinner's Guilt, AG's Office Says

But DNA testing not complete, lawyer warns

"...DNA testing in the case of death row inmate Hank Skinner "confirms" that he is responsible..."

Nov. 15, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Skinner Will Get DNA Testing

AG's office reverses course

"...With Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott finally on board, death row inmate Hank Skinner will finally get DNA testing..."

June 1, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

The Death Penalty in Texas' Largest Counties

"...County; Population; Murder Rate*; Death Row Inmates*..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature

No Mercy

The case of James Allridge raises familiar questions about the Texas justice system

"...a string of area robberies, had been sentenced to death in 1986 for the murder of Carla McMillian, killed..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Dangerous Man

At 18, Billy Joe Wardlow took a man’s life. Nearly 30 years later, the state still wants his.

"...Like any place humans gather, death row has a culture. Billy Wardlow says it's different..."

June 26, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

American Caste

"...it over one of the prisoner photographs in Texas Death Row, and ask yourself if that person deserves to..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Alan Pogue

American Caste

"...compiled by the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, Texas Death Row is about as interesting and enlightening as one..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature by Rob Owen

The State of Texas vs. Melissa

New documentary spotlight's the Lone Star State's death penalty fetish

"...of Texas vs. Melissa. Lucio, who’s been on Texas’ death row since 2008 for the killing of her 2-year-old..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Movie Review by Sarah Marloff

Prison Buff

Peeking Behind the Curtain of Incarceration

"...The Wrong Man: A True Story of Innocence on Death Rowby Michael Mello..."

April 6, 2001 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...customers is "a difficult bridge to cross." -- K.F. Death Row Woes..."

July 4, 1997 News Feature

Judge Edith Jones on Race, Crime, and God's Vengeance

Civil rights group files complaint against 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge

"...blacks and Hispanics are more violent, and that a death sentence provides a public service by allowing an inmate..."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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

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