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death penalty

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TTexas
Texas to execute man for fatally stabbing mother, child
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Texas to execute man for fatally stabbing mother, child

  • March 11, 2026
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DDallas
Execution date set for Tarrant County man convicted of killing retired TCU professor
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Travis Scott among artists fighting use of rap lyrics in Dallas County death penalty case

  • March 9, 2026
Houston rapper Travis Scott is among several artists backing a Dallas County man scheduled to be executed next…
AArlington
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Tarrant DA waives death penalty in sleeping brother killings

  • February 20, 2026
Get breaking news alerts at star-telegram.com/newsletters Pexels Three years after it decided to seek the death penalty for…
TTexas
Texas wants to put an innocent man to death. Will the Supreme Court stop it?
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Texas wants to put an innocent man to death. Will the Supreme Court stop it?

  • February 14, 2026
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TTexas
After nearly 30 years on death row, Texas executes Harris County man for 1998 double murder
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After nearly 30 years on death row, Texas executes Harris County man for 1998 double murder

  • January 29, 2026
HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Charles Victor Thompson, 55, was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday, Texas’ first…
TTexas
Execution of Texas man convicted of 1998 double murder scheduled for Wednesday
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Execution of Texas man convicted of 1998 double murder scheduled for Wednesday

  • January 28, 2026
Charles Thompson, who once briefly escaped custody after being sentenced to death, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday…
TTexas
Texas man slated to be first person executed in U.S. this year, for killing his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend
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Texas man slated to be first person executed in U.S. this year, for killing his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend

  • January 28, 2026
Houston — A Texas man who at one time escaped from custody and was on the run for…
TTexas
Execution of Texas man convicted of 1998 double murder scheduled for Wednesday
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Execution of Texas man convicted of 1998 double murder scheduled for Wednesday

  • January 28, 2026
Charles Thompson, who once briefly escaped custody after being sentenced to death, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday…
HHouston
After nearly 3 decades on death row, Houston convicted killer Charles Thompson is scheduled for execution
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After nearly 3 decades on death row, Houston convicted killer Charles Thompson is scheduled for execution

  • January 28, 2026
The man responsible for the 1998 double murder of a Houston mother and her boyfriend is scheduled for…
HHouston
The Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, or Huntsville Unit, opened in 1849, and houses Texas’ execution chamber. Two-third of state-run jails and prisons in Texas are not fulled air conditioned. Inmates rights groups are suing to change that.
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Harris County man set for Texas’ first execution of 2026 – Houston Public Media

  • January 27, 2026
Michael Minasi | KUT News The Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, or Huntsville Unit, opened in 1849 and…
DDallas
Letters to the Editor — America, Gov. Greg Abbott, Dallas Wings, libraries, death penalty
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Letters to the Editor — America, Gov. Greg Abbott, Dallas Wings, libraries, death penalty

  • January 25, 2026
Political theater There is a growing vindictiveness in how our country is approaching immigration enforcement, and it should…
TTexas
Texas man Tommy Lee Walker exonerated of Venice Parker rape, murder 70 years after his execution
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Texas man Tommy Lee Walker exonerated of Venice Parker rape, murder 70 years after his execution

  • January 24, 2026
Nearly 70 years after the state of Texas put him to death, Dallas County officials formally exonerated Tommy Lee Walker,…
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