Lawyers Want Supreme Court To Block Texas From Executing Convicted Murderer
Attorneys for an inmate convicted in a prison guard's death are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his scheduled execution.
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Attorneys for an inmate convicted in a prison guard's death are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his scheduled execution.
The tip forwarded by Arlington police led officers to the body Wednesday at a vacant home in a southwestern Fort Worth neighborhood. It'll be left for the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office to determine its identity.
Tilon Carter is on death row for 2004 killing of James Tomlin during a robbery at his home.
Spencer Hight killed his wife and seven of their friends on September 10 at a football watch party. Hight was then shot and killed by police. Just released documents offer new details about what officers found at the crime scene.
Dr. Ann McKee, the director of the CTE Center at Boston University, said Hernandez had Stage 3 (out of 4) of the disease, which can cause violent mood swings, depression and other cognitive disorders .
The use of hearsay testimony to convict former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson in the death of his third wife was proper, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday in upholding the conviction.
Dallas Police say that three men, who were already in custody in connection to at least three other murders, have now been charged in the death of 30-year-old Liza Saenz, the woman found shot to death and floating in the Trinity River.
Gary Bardwell saw no signs of remorse from the man convicted of killing his daughter. "I don't look at him like a person," Bardwell said. "He's the Devil. I want to know how in the hell you forgive the Devil."
A judge has found convicted killer John David Battaglia, 62, mentally competent to be executed for murdering his two young daughters in 2001 as their mother listened on the phone, begging him to spare their lives.
A jury has found Jason Lowe guilty of killing his girlfriend in May 2016. Police found Jessie Bardwell's body in a field near Farmersville.
Deliberations continue Wednesday in a Collin County murder trial. Jason Lowe is accused of killing his girlfriend, Jessie Bardwell, in May 2016. Her body was later found in a field near Farmersville.
The Bandidos were indicted in March in San Antonio on racketeering-related charges in the Austin fatal shooting of Anthony W. Benesh III.
Balloons floated over McKinney's Erwin Park on Thursday, a tribute to Darryl Hawkins, one of the nine people who were killed Sunday in a mass shooting at a football watch party in Plano.
Opening statements are set to start on Wednesday in a Richardson murder trial. Jason Lowe is accused of killing his girlfriend, Jessie Bardwell, in May 2016. Police found her body in a field near Farmersville.
A woman is dead after a reported home invasion in south Dallas.
A sheriff says a southeast Texas man accused of killing his ex-wife on the eve of Hurricane Harvey gave a tearful confession under questioning.
Nine people are dead, including a gunman after he showed up to a Cowboys watch party in Plano heavily armed. Now, tributes to the victims -- all in their 20s and 30s -- are popping up on social media.
A man from North Texas who posed as a driver for the Lyft ride-sharing service and stabbed a passenger to death has been sentenced to 75 years in prison and fined $10,000 for murder.
Detectives have charged Mariano Sanchez with murder. There's also a murder warrant for Hector Acosta-Ojeda.
Police said the shooting happened around 1:45 a.m. Monday at the 3600 block of S. Polk Street.
An appeals court has overturned the capital murder conviction of Jerome Deamus, who has been serving life in prison without parole for the 2013 slayings of two siblings at a Dallas nightclub.
Police have identified a body and arrested two suspects for murder on Friday.
Kelly Eugene Bigham avoided the death penalty by pleading guilty to murdering his wife and her twin sister.
The FBI today served a search warrant at the home where a 13-year-old was kidnapped and then killed.
The trial begins on Monday for the man accused of shooting and killing someone after a 2015 football game between the Cowboys and the Patriots at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
