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Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith
UT Lawyers Take On the Death Penalty in D.C.
A team of UT-based attorneys takes the Tennard case to
the U.S. Supreme Court
"...had been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death by a Harris Co. jury in 1986, and now..."
April 2, 2004 News Feature by Rita Radostitz
Death to Smoochy
"...result comes out loud, brash, vulgar, and considerably entertaining. Death to Smoochy has the feel of a vanity project..."
March 29, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Blocked "Death Star" Law Could Wipe Out Broad Areas of City Code
Austin Judge Maya Gamble ruled it's unconstitutional
"...bill's opponents (and embraced by its supporters) – the "Death Star" law. You know, the weapon created by the..."
Sept. 1, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Death Row Inmate Fights to Have His Childhood Abuse Considered by a Jury
Anibal Canales’ jury didn’t know him, only his crime
"...Almost every person on Death Row grew up neglected and surrounded by violence. In..."
April 3, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon
Doin’ It to Death: House Dems Chub Up Slim Victories
"...reading. Dems talked a number of minor bills to death – often called "chubbing" – as the clock ticked..."
May 28, 2021 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
Death Watch: A Hard Life, A Disabled Man, A Death Sentence
Ibarra's lawyer cites IQ test, family history in last-ditch appeal for death row case
"...a jury for years, in hopes of overturning his death sentence. Now, with a week to go before Ibarra's..."
Feb. 26, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
Death Watch: Defense to D.A. – A Conflict of Interest?
John Hummel’s attorney calls original trial lawyer’s presence in D.A.'s Office “an irresolvable conflict of interest,” seeks to stop execution on that ground
"...in Tarrant County working in the office seeking Hummel's death. Mowla calls Moore's presence in the D.A.'s Office "an..."
March 13, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
Death Watch: State Seeks Death Date for Rodney Reed
Defense attorneys fire back, ask court to strike state’s motion
"...After more than 20 years on death row, Rodney Reed may be coming closer to his..."
July 19, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff
Hyde Park Theatre's Death Tax
This production of Lucas Hnath's play questions who really pays when the Reaper comes calling – and before
"...Lucas Hnath's play Death Tax begins with a nurse just doing her job..."
July 5, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe
Death Watch: Was Dexter Johnson Condemned by His Own Attorney?
Inmate's new co-counsel seeks to terminate longtime attorney for bad lawyering
"...has filed a flurry of court motions since his death date was set in December by a Houston judge..."
April 26, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff
Death Watch: Robert Ramos
Mexican national set for execution Wednesday night
"...reasonable juror would have found him eligible for the death penalty,” and that SCOTUS has “held that ‘additional mitigating..."
Nov. 14, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff
Construction Worker’s Death Headed to Court?
Site details indicate "very serious blunders"
"...will stop Lourdes Kaman from speaking out about the death of her husband on a construction site last summer,..."
Jan. 12, 2018 News Feature by Jack Craver
Death Watch: Represented by Wikipedia
Taichin Preyor did not get the legal expertise he deserved
"...details of the crime that delivered Taichin Preyor to death row remain unclear and continue to be investigated by..."
July 21, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff
Death Watch: Longtime Death Row Inmate Dies
Max Soffar has died of liver cancer
"...Polunsky Unit in Livingston, after spending 36 years on death row. Soffar, 60, had long suffered from liver cancer...."
April 29, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
Death Watch: Too Mentally Ill to Die?
Should the bar on executing mentally retarded offenders be extended to the mentally ill?
"...After being sentenced to death, Vasquez filed a petition for a writ of habeas..."
April 1, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
Page Two: Oh, Death
Remembering the late Steve Levitan, and a long-ago afternoon with him boxing Wendell Crowley's comics collection
"...Oh, Death Oh, Death Won't you spare me over 'til another..."
March 25, 2016 Column by Louis Black
Death Watch: Heat of the Moment
Coy Wesbrook's mental deficiencies make his pending execution a "travesty," claims his lawyer
"...a week of sentencing hearings, Wesbrook was sent to death row...."
March 4, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
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: No Recourse for Mental Illness
Texas about to execute another insane inmate
"...The shootout that landed Mays on death row occurred after police were called to calm him..."
March 13, 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
Trottie is scheduled for execution next week
"...convicted Trottie on all charges. He was sentenced to death on Dec. 15, 1993...."
Sept. 5, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger
Death Watch: Expert Opinion
Appeal alleges Dr. Death perjured himself at killer's trial
"...for the murder, and in February 2000 received the death penalty. He is scheduled for execution on April 9,..."
April 4, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith
Death Watch: CCA Dismisses Buck Appeal
Ignores question of racial bias in defendant's trial
"...other cases where the Harris County prosecutors have sought death. In Paternoster's examination, in cases similar to Buck's, Houston..."
Nov. 20, 2013 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
Isolation, Death, Romance, Death, Repeat
'Love Eternal' is anything but a minor threat
"...Having already, as an adolescent, witnessed the death of his father, Ian hides himself away from any..."
Sept. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Marc Savlov
Death Watch: New Appeal Argues Ineffective Defense
New appeal argues Williams' mental impairment
"...was convicted of murdering Blando and was sentenced to death...."
May 10, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith
A Death Row Inmate's 'Last 40 Miles'
Fundraising party and trailer debut to happen Wednesday night
"...better part of the last decade covering the Texas death penalty. His intention was to explore what he considers..."
Dec. 11, 2012 Screens Post by Eli Black
'Creativity in the Face of Death: The Contemporary Resonance of Terezín'
UT symposium honors and ponders art created in the Nazi concentration camp
"...at the heart of "Creativity in the Face of Death: The Contemporary Resonance of Terezín," a symposium to be..."
Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
New Hearing for Death Row Inmate
Charles Dean Hood heads back to district court for new punishment hearing
"...Criminal Appeals has sent back to district court the death row case of Charles Dean Hood, opining that Hood..."
March 5, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith
