Walmart gunman won’t face death penalty, family says
The new DA campaigned on seeking the death penalty for the 2019 massacre, but said he offered the gunman a plea deal of life in prison to avoid dragging out the case for several more years.
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‘Open for business:’ It pays to be an informant. Telling the truth is optional
Take it from Derrick Shiloh: There are huge benefits to becoming a jailhouse informant. He was urged, he said, 32 years ago by a fellow detainee at the Duval County jail to join the informants who were planning to testify that they had heard Kenneth Hartley confess to the murder…
Trial Judge in Robert Roberson’s Death Row Case Agrees to Recusal
Senior District Judge Deborah Oakes Evans recused herself after a challenge to her impartiality over longtime relationships with case prosecutors and judges.
Ken Paxton and Texas House members accuse each other of mischaracterizing Robert Roberson’s case
After the attorney general insisted on the death row inmate’s guilt in a graphic press release, four lawmakers issued a point-by-point rebuttal.
Harris and Trump differ widely on gun rights, death penalty and other civil liberties questions
As the election nears, voters are considering the two leading presidential candidates’ records on a wide range of issues, including civil liberties.
Fighting Obdurate Hate: Exonerated Five Sue Little Man With Big Mouth
With more righteous reason than most, the five men of color of the Exonerated Five have filed a defamation suit against Trump for still lying about their 1989 conviction.
Missouri Kills Marcellus Williams Over Objections From Prosecutor and Victim’s Family
After a string of courts failed to intervene and the state’s governor declined to offer clemency, Missouri prison officials executed Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams on Tuesday evening for a 1998 murder he said he did not commit.
A Prosecutor Wanted to Spare Marcellus Williams’s Life. Missouri’s Attorney General Got in the Way.
After the AG's meddling, a trial court judge rejected Williams's innocence claim — even though prosecutors mishandled the murder weapon.
Texas’s Junk Science Law Was Supposed to Prevent Wrongful Executions. It May Fail to Save Robert Roberson.
A decade after Texas passed landmark legislation to address flawed forensics, the courts have refused to apply it as intended.
Company Linked to Federal Execution Spree Says It Will No Longer Produce Key Drug
As Republicans thirst for restarting federal executions, Absolute Standards told Connecticut lawmakers it hasn’t made or sold pentobarbital since December 2020.
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