Texas Governor Spares Life of Female Convict -- For Now
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Posted December 1, 2004 - Texas Gov. Rick Perry Wednesday halted the execution of Frances Newton, who was scheduled to be the first Black woman executed in the state.
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A Texas couple charged with killing the little girl known as "Baby Grace" now face capital murder charges, after a grand jury upgraded the charges on Wednesday. Prosecutors said they have not decided whether to seek the death penalty against the girl's mother and her husband.
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas  - A Texas man scheduled to be executed on Tuesday wants to die laughing.
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The first execution of a black woman in Texas since the American civil war was delayed at the 11th hour yesterday when the state governor granted a reprieve pending new tests on evidence.
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This file photo provided by the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice showing Texas death row inmate Frances Newton who is set for execution by lethal injection in Huntsville on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004.
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UNDATED Governor Rick Perry says giving Frances Newton a 120-day reprieve from her execution was the responsible thing to do. The reprieve Perry granted Wednesday two hours before Newton was to be put to death
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By Janet Elliott and Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle  Feb. 3--AUSTIN -- Acting on an issue that is stirring controversy in the Legislature, Gov.
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas  - A man who spent 25 years on Texas death row was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for a 1980 murder after prison officials had to carry him to the death chamber.
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HUDSON OAKS, Texas  - Three young girls and their mother were found hanged in a mobile home in central Texas but another child, an 8-month-old girl, survived after being discovered dangling by the neck, police said on Tuesday.
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A killer whose life was spared last year when Illinois&#39; governor emptied out death row could again face a death sentence - this time in Missouri - if convicted of murdering his boss in St.
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Just a few years ago, Missouri trailed only Texas and Virginia in the number of convicted killers put to death. Today, Missouri's death row is gradually being emptied out by the courts.
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Gov. Bob Riley stayed the execution of a contract killer Thursday, hours before it was to have been carried out, so the inmate could be put to death using a new lethal injection formula the governor had ordered just a day earlier.
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas  - A former oilfield worker who  abducted a woman from a car wash and then murdered her was put  to death by lethal injection on Thursday in the 20th execution  this year in Texas.
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Texas Governor Rick Perry commuted the death sentence of a man hours before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday, a rare occurrence in America's most active capital punishment state.
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The state of Maryland has paid $200,000 to the parents of a slain 9-year-old boy to settle their claim that the killer, a convicted sex offender, was wrongly freed from prison five days before the murder. But the boy's mother may seek more, her attorney said.
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Appreciation: The former Texas governor knew how to play politics with the good ole boys, but she opened doors for women and minorities
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A Texas woman facing death by lethal injection has won a last-minute review of her conviction for murder. Frances Newton, 39, was to become the first black woman executed in Texas since the US Civil War ended in 1865.