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Renteria sued the El Paso District Attorney’s Office for violating his constitutional rights by not releasing all documents of his case, in which he maintains that he did not murder 5-year-old Alexandra Flores.
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Though he confessed to the murders, Balentine’s lawyers argue he might have been spared a death sentence if not for pervasive racial bias at his trial.
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Barbee, convicted in the 2005 murders of his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her child, was unable to straighten his arms, which caused the delay. Courts allowed Barbee’s execution despite concerns from his lawyer that his disability would make the process “torture.”
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Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez said he is ethically opposed to the death penalty, but an employee wrongfully requested the execution date against his wishes. Gonzalez sought to cancel the execution two days later.
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Reed has long professed his innocence in the 1996 murder for which he faces execution. Key evidence in the case has not been tested for DNA, including the ligature used to strangle 19-year-old Stacey Stites.
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Despite substantive doubts surrounding the cause of her child’s death and a suspect “confession” obtained after hours of interrogation, Lucio is set to be executed next month for killing her 2-year-old daughter.
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Public radio stations from across the state collaborated on this series looking at the death penalty in Texas – its history, how it has changed, whom it...
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Public radio stations from across the state collaborated on this series looking at the death penalty in Texas – its history, how it’s changed, whom it…
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Public radio stations from across the state collaborated on this series looking at the death penalty in Texas – its history, how it’s changed, whom it...
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Public radio stations from across the state collaborated on this series looking at the death penalty in Texas – its history, how it’s changed, whom it...
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Public radio stations from across the state collaborated on this series looking at the death penalty in Texas – its history, how it’s changed, whom it…