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Texas capital punishment stories: 4 news summaries

Jurors Used Bible to Decide Death Sentence

Amnesty International troubled by Old Testament justice

Oct 16, 09 4:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Death-row foes are complaining that a Texas jury ordered to consider only evidence presented in court consulted the Old Testament before condemning a man to death. Jurors examined highlighted passages in Bibles passed around the jury room to help them decide the fate of Khristian Oliver. The con killed a... More »

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Con Wins Death Stay in Judge Affair Appeal

Relationship between judge and prosecutor not reason for decision

Sep 10, 08 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas death-row inmate who filed an appeal alleging that an affair between the judge and prosecutor compromised his trial has been granted a stay of execution. But, ABC News reports, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals approved Charles Dean Hood's request based not on the affair but because of... More »

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Executions Drop to 13-Year Low

42 people put to death in '07; further decline could follow Court ruling

Dec 19, 07 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - With the Supreme Court set to hear arguments Jan. 7 about lethal-injection procedures, figures show that US states executed just 42 people this year, a 13-year low. The case before the court has prompted states using lethal injection to execute inmates to stay pending executions; on Monday, New Jersey became... More »

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Texas Executions at Standstill

Case before US Supreme Court used to stay death order

Oct 3, 07 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the US Supreme Court reviews the constitutionality of lethal-injection methods, a Texas appeals court yesterday stayed an execution order scheduled to be carried out tonight—bringing the country's busiest death row to a standstill. The Supreme Court is looking at a case brought by death-row inmates in Kentucky who... More »

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