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

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

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

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: 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: Unhappy New Year

Masterson found guilty of capital murder of Shane Honeycutt, set to die Jan. 20

"...Master­son, 43, who's spent the past 14 years on death row for the murder of Darin Shane Honey­cutt. Masterson..."

Jan. 15, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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

Supremes Give Death Row Inmate Another Chance

Supreme Court orders new trial for South Carolina death row inmate, ruling state courts erred by excluding evidence that another man may have committed the crime

"...2 ordered a new trial for a South Carolina death row inmate, ruling that state courts erred by excluding..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letter From Death Row

Our condemned cover artist makes his case

"...set up with a system of checks and balances. Death row prisoners go through a lengthy appeals process because..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by James V. Allridge

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: Rockwell Schizophrenic or Faker?

One execution stayed, another set for Oct. 24

"...of Criminal Appeals has spared the life of Texas death row inmate Juan Segundo – at least for now...."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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: A Question of Premeditation

Adam Kelly Ward set to die March 22

"...of capital murder in June 2007 and sentenced to death. Habeas efforts filed at the state and federal levels..."

March 18, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: After Appeal Denied, Death Row Inmate to Die

Claims of mental retardation did nothing to stop the state's next execution

"...Garcia was convicted and sentenced to death in Feb. 2000. In Oct. 2001, the Texas Court..."

Oct. 2, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Ineffective Counsel Blamed in Death Row Inmate's Case

John Balentine was convicted of a triple murder of teenagers in Amarillo

"...jurors to hand out a life term instead of death, was presented at the trial. Indeed, his attorney Lydia..."

Aug. 17, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

U.S. Enters Death Row Fray

An act of Congress may spare inmate's life

"...Humberto Leal, a Mexican national who is on Texas' death row for the 1994 kidnapping, rape, and murder of..."

July 8, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Life and Death After Death Row

Few headlines marked the passing of Randall Dale Adams

"...News of Randall Dale Adams' death didn't hit national headlines until late last week, though..."

July 1, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Supremes to Hear Case of Mexican National on Death Row

Convicted and sentenced to death for 1993 gang rape and murder, Jose Medellin has argued his case should be overturned.

"...30 that it would hear the case of Texas death row inmate Jose Medellin during its next session, which..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Why Bush Flip-Flopped on the Issue of Mexican Nationals on Death Row

The Executive Order to review the death penalty cases of Mexican nationals was probably designed to ease upcoming talks

"...state courts in Texas and elsewhere to review the death penalty cases of 51 Mexican nationals was probably designed..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

More From Death Row ...

Inmate Anthony Graves gets new hearing on his appeal

"...Death row inmate Anthony Graves was in federal district court..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Watch: Sane Enough to Die?

Schizophrenic prisoner scheduled to die next week

"...case is one of the most outrageous in the death penalty's history. Panetti was known to be very mentally..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Death Watch: Lucky 13?

The state on pace for a baker's dozen of executions by year end

"...Now Alvin Braziel Jr. is staring down a death date of Dec. 11, for the 1993 robbery-murder of..."

Dec. 7, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Death Watch: Not Their First Rodeo

Freeman will be the second Texan executed this year

"...that demonstrated anger issues, and Free­man was sentenced to death...."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

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

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

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

Another Blow for Death Row Inmate

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Duane Buck case

"...consider whether race improperly affected the sentencing hearing of death row inmate Duane Buck, who was scheduled to die..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

On Death Row: Texas' 'Law of Parties'

Kenneth Foster's capital case highlights arbitrary state law

"...The Texas "law of parties" is back in the death row spotlight, with the filing of a final appeal..."

July 6, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Death Row Inmate Kills Self, Claimed Innocence

As his defense attorney worked on a last appeal of his case, 29-year-old Michael Johnson, who was set to become the 376th prisoner executed in Texas since 1976, took a makeshift knife and slashed his own throat

"...On Oct. 19, as 29-year-old death row inmate Michael Johnson's defense attorney worked on a..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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