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AC in Texas prisons at last? State bill gains traction
We hope House Bill 3006, authored by Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, will succeed. In Texas, air conditioning is not a luxury ...
US Supreme Court declines review of Mississippi death row inmate's convictions in killings of 8
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions for the slayings of eight people, ...
'I apologize': Texas death row inmate Moises Mendoza's last words before his execution
Moises Mendoza used his last words to apologize to Rachelle Tolleson's family before he was executed for her 2004 murder ...
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How teen accused of murder became first ever to survive gruelling death row method
Some 13 years on from that landmark case, a Louisiana teenager accused of murder made headlines when he survived a ...
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Death row inmate’s haunting 10-word plea to victim’s family before lethal injection
Death row inmate Moises Sandoval Mendoza's haunting 10-word plea to victim Rachelle O’Neil Tolleson's family before lethal ...
Texas lawmaker files bill expanding death penalty eligibility
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) has filed a bill expanding the eligibility to receive the death penalty to those who murder 10- to 14-year-olds. “We need to protect our ...
'Sadistic killer' Moises Mendoza to be executed for woman's murder in Texas. What to know
Mendoza is set to be executed by lethal injection for the murder of Rachelle O'Neil Tolleson in Farmersville, Texas on March 18, 2004.