On Hold

Trial, etc., pending in SXSW crash

"...Court Clerk Janice Porter, speaking of Owens' counts of capital murder, four counts of felony murder, and 24 counts..."

Aug. 15, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Headlines

"...– a grand jury added four counts of felony murder to one count of capital murder and 24 counts..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature

Death Watch: Competency Hearing Granted for Marcus Druery

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

"...that [Druery] is aware that he was convicted of capital murder and that, at least some of the time,..."

Nov. 8, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Sundance Original 'Rectify' Premieres Tonight

New series tackles crime and punishment in the South

"...Southern man is accused of the rape and murder of a young girl, is convicted and sentenced to..."

April 22, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Headlines

"...the scene, Steven Alan Thomas, 53, was charged with capital murder in connection with the 1980 rape and murder..."

July 27, 2012 News Feature

Charges Pressed in Crime Spree

Man allegedly pretended to be a motorist in distress before pulling a gun

"...being held on a $350,000 bond and is facing capital murder charges after a crime spree that he told..."

July 6, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Headlines

"...› Mark Alan Norwood, accused of capital murder in the 1986 bludgeoning death of Christine Mor­ton..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature

The Road Against Hate

The Hurtado murders measure the distance Austin and Texas must travel

"...booked him into jail, where he remains, charged with capital murder – punishable by death or life in prison...."

May 6, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Anthony Graves Freed

After 18 years, state dismisses case against Graves

"...Bobbie Joyce Davis, her daughter, and four grandchildren were murdered inside their home in Somerville, about 70 miles east..."

Oct. 28, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Baird To Rule on Recusal From Willingham Hearing

Willingham family seeks posthumous declaration of innocence

"...Willingham was put to death for the 1991 arson-murder of his three young children in Corsicana. Willingham maintained..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Permission to Approach the Bedroom ... er, Bench?

Death row inmate denied retrial, despite evidence of affair between judge and prosecutor

"...prosecutor on his case and the judge overseeing his capital murder trial might have tainted the court proceedings. How..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Headlines

"..."Ricky" Thompson has been charged with two counts of capital murder for the July 21 shooting deaths of John..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature

No Relief for Rodney Reed

The piecemeal appeals process isn't doing the death row inmate any favors

"...failed to prove that prosecutors suppressed evidence in his capital murder trial 10 years ago. In 1998, Reed was..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Top 10 Police Beat Stories

Shades of Blue

"...were before he fired. Rosales was charged with attempted capital murder; he remains in critical condition. A grand jury..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Anthony Graves Update: Evidence Reappears

Special prosecutor handling retrial of capital murder case against Graves finds cache of physical evidence thought lost last month

"...deadline, the special prosecutor handling the retrial of the capital murder case against Anthony Graves found a cache of..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Our latest batch

"...In last week's News story about the capital murder case of Joseph Nichols ("Nichols Execution: Another Texas..."

March 9, 2007 Column

Is Scott Panetti Sane Enough to Die?

Courtroom debate over schizophrenic Texas death row inmate

"...and sentenced to death for the Sept. 8, 1992, murder of his in-laws, Joe and Amanda Alvarado, at their..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Federal judge Sam Sparks rules in favor of Lacresha Murray lawsuit against Travis Co. DA's office.

"...dismiss the lawsuit brought against local authorities by former capital murder defendant Lacresha Murray. Sparks ruled that there is..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

News/Print

Bestselling true-crime author Suzy Spencer is giving the Texas Department of Criminal Justice hell for the holidays.

"...the former BookPeople employee who pleaded guilty to the murder of Steven Beard and testified against Beard's widow, Celeste..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Naked City

A federal indictment charges Patric Davidson as an "accessory after the fact."

"...The notorious 1991 yogurt shop murder case took a new turn on Oct. 7 when..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...subsequently convicted and sentenced to death for the 1996 murder of 19-year-old Stacey Stites -- the first capital murder..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

The Travis County District Attorney's office promised Bernie Durst immunity, but is apparently reneging.

"...was convened to hear testimony relating to the attempted murder of APD officer Carlos Cardona, who was struck in..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin.

"...While the capital murder trial of Robert Springsteen IV -- the first..."

May 25, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

Jury selection continues in Robert Springsteen's murder trial.

"...to be tried in the notorious 1991 yogurt shop murder case. The Travis County District Court jury office called..."

April 27, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

High-Tech Heist

A former Power Computing company employee stole memory modules and drew a 25-year prison sentence.

"...11-year-old girl who was cajoled by police into a murder confession, is one. There are hundreds, probably thousands, of..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Brett Holloway-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

"...Ibarra was found guilty in 1996 of raping and murdering his niece. Hunt took his case a decade later..."

Feb. 26, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: Rockwell Schizophrenic or Faker?

One execution stayed, another set for Oct. 24

"...of the causal nexus between that punishment” and his capital murder conviction. The State, in a response filed Wednesday..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Headlines

"...Capital Case Resolved: Meechaiel Criner was found guilty of capital..."

July 27, 2018 News Feature

Death Watch: Areli Escobar

Court of Criminal Appeals orders re-examination of 2009 case

"...an Austin man sentenced to death for the 2009 murder of 17-year-old Bianca Maldonado, received the appropriate conviction despite..."

Oct. 24, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Conflicts of Interest

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

"...for strapping in is 48-year-old Christopher Wilkins, convicted of capital murder in 2008, two-and-a-half years after confessing to the..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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