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We oppose this execution as we do every execution. Capital punishment is an act of state sanctioned violence that violates ...

Rachelle Tolleson, 20, was raped and killed by a former classmate. Her killer, Moises Mendoza, is set to be executed ...

Death row inmate Moises Mendoza ... he would be Texas’ third execution this year. Inmates Steven Nelson and Richard Tabler were put to death in February. In March, the Texas Court of Criminal ...

Death row inmate Moises Mendoza ... If Mendoza's appeals fail, he would be Texas' third execution this year. Inmates Steven Nelson and Richard Tabler were put to death in February.

A death row inmate set for execution within days told his parents ... it will make him the third person to be executed in Texas this year - Richard Tabler and Steven Nelson having been put to death ...

A White House executive order called on the U.S. attorney general to determine whether former federal death row inmates “can ...

Snoop Dogg has ginned up a juicy new pact with NBCUniversal Entertainment & Studios, which has launched what it deems a “new creative partnership” with the hip-hop star and his Death Row ...