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Supreme Court Unanimously Rules to Reopen Texas Civil Rights Lawsuit
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reinstated a civil rights lawsuit against Texas police officer Roberto Felix ...
Judge rejects prosecutors’ attempt to seek death after saying they wouldn’t
A judge has struck down federal prosecutors’ plan to pursue the death penalty in a Reno case after they said they would not ...
Utah Supreme Court overturns 1985 murder conviction, orders new trial for death row inmate
The Utah Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man who has spent nearly 40 years on death row.On Thursday, May 15, the ...
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Texas man is executed for the 2004 strangling and stabbing death of a young mother
This image provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Texas death row inmate ... in the appeals process. But the Texas Attorney General’s Office told the Supreme Court that Mendoza ...
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Death Row Inmate’s Appeal of Texas DNA Procedure Fizzles Out
The habeas corpus petition fails on its merits, court says Failed to show an unfair application of the testing procedure A death row inmate was unable to convince a federal appeals ... victory at the ...
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Texas man executed for the 2004 strangling and stabbing death of a young mother
Reading from a statement, she said of Mendoza: “He’s been on death row 20 years ... in the appeals process. But the Texas Attorney General’s Office told the Supreme Court that Mendoza ...
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Texas man executed for the 2004 strangling and stabbing death of a young mother
Reading from a statement, she said of Mendoza: “He’s been on death row 20 years ... assistance of counsel earlier in the appeals process. But the Texas Attorney General’s Office told the Supreme Court ...