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Forty-five people have been executed for crimes committed in Tarrant County since 1982 — more than in every county except Harris, Dallas and Bexar.
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Speer has been on death row for decades after strangling another inmate at a Texas prison. The victim’s sister and faith leaders have both called on the parole board to halt the execution.
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“Texas seems poised to execute a man who committed no crime except that he was a man with autism who was unable to explain the very complicated medical condition of his two-year-old child,” Attorney Gretchen Sweden told TPR.
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At issue is whether Thomas, who gouged out his eyes after confessing to a 2004 triple murder in Sherman, is competent to be executed.
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Data shows prosecutorial misconduct was found in many death penalty cases. Two former Tarrant County prosecutors accused by District Attorney Sharen Wilson of lying in the case of Paul Storey have denied any wrongdoing.
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Ramirez was sentenced to death for murdering Corpus Christi convenience store clerk Pablo Castro. After a previous execution was halted, Ramirez won a Supreme Court case over death row inmates’ religious rights.
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Melissa Lucio, who was set to be executed on Wednesday, has been granted a stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday.
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Lucio is scheduled to be executed for the death of her 2-year-old daughter. Her supporters say she was forced into a false "confession" and that new evidence exists that proves her innocence.
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The 78-year-old Carl Wayne Buntion died by lethal injection on Thursday for murdering Houston police officer James Irby during a traffic stop in 1990.
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From politicians of all stripes to celebrities like Kim Kardashian — and a cross-section of Texans — supporters of Melissa Lucio are urging the state of Texas not to execute her later this month. That was the message at a rally Thursday night in Dallas.
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Lawyers for Melissa Lucio argue Texas is scheduled to execute an innocent woman convicted for her child’s accidental death nearly 15 years ago.
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A new report from the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty finds the state’s death row population dropped to 199 this year. New death sentences and executions also remained near historic lows.