Texas executes inmate who said his sentence was based on false testimony
A Texas man who claimed his death sentence was based on false expert testimony has been executed for killing a man during a robbery in the 1990s.
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A Texas man who claimed his death sentence was based on false expert testimony has been executed for killing a man during a robbery in the 1990s.
A Texas inmate whose attorneys say received a death sentence due to false and unscientific expert testimony is facing execution for fatally stabbing an Amarillo man during a robbery more than 33 years ago.
A Texas inmate is facing execution for killing another prisoner more than 26 years ago.
Attorneys for a condemned Texas killer say drugs he is to be injected with next week were exposed to heat from a fire and have asked a federal judge to stop his execution.
Gary Green was convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife and drowning her 6-year-old daughter in a bathtub nearly 14 years ago.
A man convicted of killing three teenagers while they slept in a Texas Panhandle home more than 25 years ago was executed on Wednesday.
McLaughlin is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003.
A Texas inmate is scheduled to die Wednesday evening for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son more than 17 years ago.
He was the fourth inmate put to death this year in Texas and the 13th in the United States.
The man had challenged rules that prevented his pastor from touching him and praying aloud during his execution, saying his religious freedom was being violated.
Kosoul Chanthakoummane was on parole when 40-year-old Sarah Walker was killed in July 2006.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has delayed the execution of Melissa Lucio so a lower court can review her case.
She's one of six women on death row in Texas, and the only one who is Hispanic. As things stand, Melissa Lucio will head to the execution chamber on April 27th.
