Tag: Huntsville
Remains found in Texas in 1980 finally identified as teen
STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — A body found along an interstate in Texas 41 years ago has finally been identified as a 14-year-old girl missing...
High court skeptical of Texas death row inmate prayer demand
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism Tuesday about a Texas death row inmate's demand that a chaplain...
Texas inmate executed for fatally stabbing 2 brothers
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas inmate was executed Tuesday evening for fatally stabbing two Houston-area...
Another Texas execution delayed on religious freedom claims
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — Another Texas inmate has had his execution delayed over claims the state is violating his religious...
Texas man gets execution delay over pastor’s touch request
By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas death row inmate won a reprieve Wednesday evening from execution...
Death-row inmate sues for pastor’s touch during execution
CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — A Texas death-row inmate has sued state prison officials to allow his pastor to lay hands on him as he...
Texas ends clergy, spiritual advisers ban in death chamber
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas prisons have resumed allowing clergy as well as spiritual advisers in the death chamber, reversing...
Texas death row inmate dies after diagnosed with COVID
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas death row inmate who raped and strangled a 77-year-old woman at her Houston home...
Court: Texas doesn’t have to give geriatric inmates hand sanitizer
By Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune
A federal appeals court has ruled that, at least for now, Texas does not have to provide more protective measures,...
Court: Texas doesn’t have to give geriatric inmates hand sanitizer
By Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune
A federal appeals court has ruled that, at least for now, Texas does not have to provide more protective measures,...