Death row inmates ask for pause in executions over winter holiday
2 days ago · COLUMBIA — Attorneys for death row inmates are asking the state Supreme Court to wait until after New Year’s Day to issue any more death warrants, according to court filings. The attorneys’ request, filed last week, would have the court pause in issuing execution notices until Jan. 3. By law, each execution takes place four weeks after ...
How disagreements about a Texas death row inmate’s guilt …
And testimony by a death row inmate at the state Capitol about his case would be historic. In January, three of the five Criminal Court of Appeals judges who allowed Roberson’s execution to move ...
Robert Roberson case: What’s next for the Texas death row …
Oct 22, 2024 · The case of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson evolved dramatically as his execution, scheduled for last Thursday, was halted.
Appeals court orders new trial for man on Texas' death row over …
Nov 7, 2024 · SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas appeals court ordered a new trial Wednesday for a Jewish man on death row — who was part of a gang of prisoners that fatally shot a police officer in 2000 after escaping — because of antisemitic bias by the judge who presided over his case. Lawyers for Randy Halprin have contended that former Judge Vickers ...
Five Death Row Inmates Live Out Final Hours as Executions
Sep 20, 2024 · Five death row inmates in the U.S. are expected to be executed in the coming days, potentially bringing the total for the year to 18. The upcoming executions are scheduled for Friday, Tuesday...
Upcoming Executions | Death Penalty Information Center
Nov 17, 2017 · Upcoming Executions. Last updated on November 6, 2024. This page will be updated at 12 noon (Eastern Time) each day. to reflect executions that occurred in the previous 24 hours. Please scroll over each state on the above map to see the number of active and inactive death warrants, as well as the number of executions.
Robert Roberson: The 11th-hour race to save a Texas death row
Oct 19, 2024 · Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson sat praying in a cell Thursday night, just feet from the execution chamber where he was set to die by lethal injection for the “shaken baby” death of his...
Robert Roberson's death penalty case proceeds despite ... - CBS News
Oct 18, 2024 · The scheduled execution of a death row inmate whose case has drawn widespread scrutiny was halted by the Texas Supreme Court late Thursday night as doubts linger over whether his decades-old...
Texas execution to go ahead in shaken baby death - NBC 5 Dallas …
Oct 15, 2024 · Robert Roberson III. A district court will not dismiss the execution warrant for Robert Roberson III, an East Texas man on death row accused of shaking his daughter to death in 2002. Roberson is ...
Texas executes Ivan Cantu, who claimed innocence in 2000 double …
Feb 29, 2024 · The state of Texas on Wednesday executed death row inmate Ivan Cantu, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2000 murders of his cousin and his cousin’s fiancée – though he insisted...