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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 ...
She married death row inmate Steven Nelson in December. In 2 weeks, Texas will execute him.
"What their story shows is that redemption is possible, even in the most horrific of circumstances," Rev. Jeff Hood said of ...
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Texas death row inmate gives last interview | Banfield
Steven Nelson, sentenced to die Wednesday for the 2011 murder of a pastor, tells his side of the story in a recorded interview for “Banfield.” He claims he was merely a lookout for a robbery that ...
Eerie death row meal requests - from dirt and one olive to tin of spaghetti
Death Row inmates are given one final request before they die. The Mirror takes a look at the strangest and bizarre prison ...
Six pints, a single olive and a lump of dirt: Chilling final meal requests of death row inmates
A list of bizarre last meal requests from people on death row has gone viral. A post on the @depthsofwikipedia Instagram page ...
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Fewer Texans sentenced to death, executed amid “evolving standards of decency”
Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...
Documentary on Texas death row inmate nominated for Academy Award, son speaks on father's memory
Aaron Castro spoke with 3NEWS about the film & healing after a tragedy that changed his entire family and the lives of those ...
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Inmate Describes How Execution Days Change Prison
Cesar Hernandez, an inmate at the Huntsville Unit in Texas, got candid about execution day prison in an essay for the Prison Journalism Project. As of January 1, 2025, there were 2,092 inmates on ...
Church of murdered pastor supports execution. Another clergyman says it should be stopped
Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson at NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington, just west of Dallas.
I Am Ready, Warden: a poignant documentary on the death penalty
Oscar nominee I Am Ready, Warden delves into the story of John Henry Ramirez, convicted of murder and sentenced to death in ...