Tag: Cameron County District Attorney

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has voted to deny an application for clemency filed by 57-year-old Ruben Gutierrez, who is scheduled to be executed next Tuesday.

EDINBURG — The Rio Grande Valley District Attorneys Coalition announced its annual No Refusal Weekend for the July 4 holiday with testimony from a survivor of a fatal drunk driving incident that resulted in the conviction of the driver.

The doors are closing for a condemned Brownsville man's attempt to obtain post-conviction DNA testing as his execution looms in less than three weeks.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday remanded Melissa Lucio's habeas claims back to the trial court because the judge did not rule on each of her remaining claims.

A judge on Friday granted a motion to dismiss charges against a 27-year-old man accused of a fatal crash that killed two people.

The Cameron County District Attorney's Office has arrested a Border Patrol agent on human smuggling charges.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied a petition for a rehearing from Death Row inmate Ruben Gutierrez, who is scheduled for execution on July 16.

As bagpipes played and the U.S. flag rose high overhead, law enforcement officers from Cameron County and actoss South Texas paid tribute Tuesday morning to fellow officers who have fallen in the line of duty.

A 19-year-old Brownsville man convicted of stabbing his 63-year-old neighbor to death when he was just 16 has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

A judge on Thursday sentenced a man to 25 years in prison for his role in the murder of a former star Harlingen football player.