It was hardly a question whether Travis Runnels, the ninth and final Texas inmate executed on death row this year, had committed a murder. Over a decade ago, the Dallas native pleaded guilty in the 2003 killing of his former ...
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Crystal Mason was sentenced to five years in prison last year for voting illegally in the 2016 presidential election, a case that garnered national attention both for the severity of the sentence and as an illustration of Texas’s purported crackdown ...
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Gary Jacobs looks out over the Rio Grande from the deck of the clubhouse at a public golf course in Webb County, Texas. It’s a sunny morning, quiet except for the chirping birds and the thwack of clubs hitting balls. ...
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Read More »Glenn Devlin, a District Court judge in Houston who was among 59 Republican jurists in the county who were swept out of office in a Democratic rout, released at least seven and potentially more minors who appeared before him on ...
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Read More »Today the city of Sugar Land is a sprawling suburb southwest of Houston, home to Imperial Sugar Co., shopping malls and endless cul-de-sacs. But, more than a century ago, it was a sprawling network of sugar cane plantations and prison ...
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Read More »AUSTIN – The suspected serial bomber who terrorized Austin with a slew of exploding packages died early Wednesday after detonating his last explosive device in his vehicle as Austin police closed in on him, Interim Austin Police Chief Brian Manley ...
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Read More »The state of Texas is in the midst of an extraordinary losing streak in federal courts over the way it conducts elections. It is hoping the Supreme Court will come to the rescue. In the past couple of weeks, federal ...
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Read More »Wherever their summer travels have taken them, U.S. Supreme Court justices probably will weigh in on Texas’ plans to execute two death row inmates in the week ahead. If past practice is any guide, the court is much more likely ...
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Read More »HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to consider an appeal from an East Texas man facing execution in March for a shootout that left two Henderson County sheriff’s deputies dead nearly eight years ago. The justices made ...
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Read More »WASHINGTON — A black inmate on Texas’ death row who claims he had a clandestine relationship with a white woman but did not rape or kill her is asking the Supreme Court to take his case. Rodney Reed tells the ...
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Read More »KAUFMAN, Texas — Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland took no chances after one of his assistant prosecutors was gunned down two months ago. McLelland said he carried a gun everywhere he went and was extra careful when answering the ...
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Read More »Perinton-based PAETEC Holding Corp. has been named one of the Best Companies to Work for in Texas for the second year in a row. The awards program is a project of Texas Monthly, the Texas Association of Business, the Texas ...
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