Rick Perry Death Watch

Governor's death row tally just keeps growing

"...be the state's 476th execution since reinstatement of the death penalty and the 237th under Gov. Rick Perry...."

Oct. 28, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Rick Perry Death Watch

Governor goes two for two this week

"...bring the total to 480 since reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976...."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Rick Perry Death Watch

Perry becomes killingest governor tonight

"...carry out its 478th execution since reinstatement of the death penalty. For Gov. Rick Perry, the scheduled execution of..."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Rick Perry Death Watch

Another Execution for Texas

"...the 477th inmate executed since the reinstatement of the death penalty and the 238th to die under Gov. Rick..."

Nov. 18, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Rick Perry Death Watch: Former Army Recruiter Scheduled To Die

Cleve Foster was convicted of a 2002 rape and murder

"...showed both men had sex with her before her death, but Foster insists he was passed out from sleeping..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Rick Perry Death Watch

Douglas Feldman to become 503rd inmate put to death since reinstatement

"...31, he will become the 503rd inmate put to death in Texas since reinstatement, and the 11th inmate killed..."

July 26, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Rick Perry Death Watch

State appealing court's decision

"...Since he was sentenced to die and moved to death row, Texas Department of Criminal Justice doctors have developed..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Rick Perry Death Watch: Swearingen Gets Another Date With Death

Fourth time execution has been scheduled

Dec. 28, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Texas Goes Through With Wilson Execution

Supreme Court declines to intervene in case of man with IQ of 61

"...questions about Marvin Lee Wilson's mental abilities, both Gov. Rick Perry and the U.S. Supreme Court declined yesterday to..."

Aug. 8, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

What About a Barack Obama 'Death Watch'?

"...Dear Editor, As long as we're running a “Rick Perry: Death Watch” [“Two More Executions Set for November,”..."

Nov. 3, 2012 Postmarks

Point Austin: Rick Perry, Boy Scientist

When it comes to science, the Inquisition's got nothing on the guv

"...moment of the Republican presidential campaign thus far was Rick Perry's suggestion that in matters of scientific understanding, he..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Death Watch: Deficient Counsel, but Not Prejudicial

Lawyers' terrible job not enough to overturn a death sentence

"...with capital murder. He was convicted and sentenced to death on June 24, 1999...."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: Executing Texas' Law of Parties

Jeff Wood never killed anybody; Robert Pruett may not have either. Why does the state want to put them both to death?

"...It's been a slow summer in Texas' death chamber, with executions stayed left and right, state Court..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: Competency Hearing Granted for Marcus Druery

State's 15th execution of 2013 set for Nov. 12

"...Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has finally agreed that death row inmate Marcus Druery should be granted a competency..."

Nov. 8, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Texas Court Declines to Consider Final Appeal

McCarthy would be 500th inmate and 5th woman to be executed

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

June 26, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Texecutioners vs. the World

Capital case raises questions of international consular rights

"...On July 18, 2008, Gov. Rick Perry wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of State..."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch

Chester to die June 12

"...the 499th Texas inmate executed since reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976...."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Last Minute Reprieve Sought for Condemned Woman

UPDATE: Judge postpones execution until April

"...of her neighbor, are waiting to hear if Gov. Rick Perry will issue a 30-day stay so lawyers can..."

Jan. 29, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: King Set to Die for James Byrd Lynching

Last-minute appeal seeks new trial as King maintains his innocence

"...Only two of 2019's five (so far) scheduled executions..."

April 19, 2019 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

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

Death Watch: Hearing in Tamayo Clemency Case

Judge will consider whether Texas process is fair

"...issue, in part because Mexico does not employ the death penalty and has shown interest in providing legal counsel..."

Jan. 20, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Executing the Mentally (and Physically) Ill

Texas gets ready to execute a schizophrenic man

"...trial than for the crime that put him on death row. Panetti was sentenced to death in Sept. 1995..."

Nov. 28, 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: 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

Death Watch: Running Low on Poison

The state of Texas has three executions' worth of pentobarbitol

"...execution of the year on July 31, putting to death Douglas Feldman, convicted of the murder of two truck..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Texas Set to Kill Mentally Disabled Man

Few hours remain for Supremes to step in

"...Beaumont. Wilson has had one previous date with the death chamber, but it was withdrawn after the question of..."

Aug. 7, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Perry's Top 10 Worst Hits

Perry for Prez redux calls for a sojourn down memory lane

"...churchgoers dead, Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry majorly flubbed by calling the massacre an “accident.”..."

June 23, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Lawmakers Urge Pretrial DNA Testing in Death Penalty Cases

AG joins senators in saying measure would speed exonerations

"...In death penalty cases, it can take years after a conviction..."

March 20, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Perry the Executioner

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

"...essence; unless the BPP recommended a commutation and Gov. Rick Perry then accepted it, Hampton's client Kenneth Foster would..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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