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Texas Death Row Inmate Asks to Delay Execution for Kidney Donation
A Texas inmate who is set to be put to death in less than two weeks asked that his execution be delayed so he can donate a kidney.
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Texas Suspends Inmate Transports After Escapee Allegedly Killed 5 While on Run
Texas’ prison system has temporarily stopped transporting inmates as it investigates how a convicted murderer escaped from a bus last month and later killed a man and his four grandsons.
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Judge: No New Trial for Texas Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed
A judge recommended no new trial for Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed, whose supporters point to evidence they say raises serious doubts about his guilt.
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Concerns Raised After Execution of Fort Worth Man Without Media Present
While officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are blaming miscommunication for preventing reporters from witnessing the state’s first execution in nearly a year, legal and death penalty experts worry it’s another example of what they see as a lack of transparency and competency in how the death penalty is carried out in the U.S.
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Texas Executes Inmate Who Killed His Great Aunt in 1999
A Texas man convicted of fatally beating his 83-year-old great aunt more than two decades ago was executed Wednesday evening, despite requests from some of the victim’s family to spare his life.
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Texas Man Facing Execution for Killing Great Aunt for $30 May be State's First in 10 Months
A Fort Worth man convicted of fatally beating his 83-year-old great aunt before taking $30 from her purse is scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday.
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Houston Tiger Named ‘India' Found, Appears ‘Unharmed,' Police Say
A 9-month-old tiger that frightened residents after it was seen briefly wandering around a Houston neighborhood was found Saturday and appears “unharmed,” police say.
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Texas Tiger Still on the Lam as Alleged Owner Freed on Bond
The whereabouts of a tiger that was found briefly wandering a Houston neighborhood remained unknown on Wednesday as the Texas man who police allege owns the animal was released on bond.
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Pardon Request Submitted for George Floyd in 2004 Texas Case
A posthumous pardon request was submitted on Monday to Texas officials on behalf of George Floyd for a 2004 drug arrest that was done by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid.
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'He Is Going to Change the World': Funeral Held for George Floyd
George Floyd’s body arrived at a Houston church Tuesday for a private funeral, to be followed by burial, capping six days of mourning for the black man whose death inspired a global reckoning over police brutality and racial injustice.
