Texas Standard4h
A sisterhood of nuns is quietly emerging on Texas death row
Those housed in the O'Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...
Once filled with rage, Texas death row inmate set to be executed is now 'a gentle human'
During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...
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Texas death row inmate to be executed Wednesday
Steven Nelson, convicted in the killing of an Arlington priest in 2011, is set to be executed on Tuesday. If you cross paths ...
Steven Nelson was convicted of a Texas pastor's murder. Now he's about to be executed.
Nelson, 37, was convicted of the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson in a robbery that turned fatal inside Dobson's own ...
The Texas Tribune13d
Texas legislators seek more protections for death penalty defendants in wake of Trump executive order
Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...
The Washington Post16d
Woman whom prosecutors called ‘slut puppy’ can challenge death sentence
Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row, has appealed her conviction for years, claiming the evidence presented against her violated her due process rights. The U.S. Court of Appeals for ...
Los Angeles Times19d
Opinion: It’s now clear that America’s death penalty is dying one generation at a time
and the number of people on death row, about 2,250. Public support for the death penalty, meanwhile, remained at a five-decade low, 53%. But the report’s most important finding for the future of ...
Detroit Free Press20d
She married death row inmate Steven Nelson in December. In 2 weeks, Texas will execute him.
When she began writing letters to a man on Texas’ death row, Noa Dubois had no intention of finding a ... “I had friends who were listening to me and understanding me, but I needed people who were ...