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Death penalty, the mentally disabled at issue for justices
HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is set to examine whether the nation's busiest state for capital punishment is trying to put to death a convicted killer who's intellectually disabled, which would make him ineligible for execution under the cour...
Texas man who killed 2 neighbors set to die
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP, Oct. 5, 2016) — An East Texas man set to die for killing a neighbor couple 13 years ago during a shooting frenzy remains adamant about moving forward with his execution. Barney Fuller Jr. has told prison officials he's not c...
Appeals court: No drug retests needed for Texas executions
HOUSTON (AP, posted Sept. 13, 2016) — A federal court rejected a lawsuit by five Texas death row inmates who said the lethal drugs intended for their executions should be retested before their punishments are carried out to ensure they suffer no u...
Top Texas court is unlikely source of execution reprieves
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP, posted Sept. 10, 2016) – Texas' highest criminal court has become an unlikely source for a lull in executions this year in the nation's most active death penalty state. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which historically ha...
