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A Mother Shot And Killed Her Two Young Daughters After Plotting For Weeks, Police Say
Sarah Henderson has been charged with one count of capital murder, with another capital murder charge pending, officials said. She was arraigned Friday morning with bail set at $2 million and remains in jail under suicide watch. Hillhouse said the punishment for capital murder in Texas is life in prison or the death penalty.
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Texas Man Executed Amid US Decline In Use Of Capital Punishment
The southern US state of Texas on Wednesday executed an inmate who had dropped all appeals and asked to be put to death for murdering his neighbors 13 years ago.
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Convicted Murderer is Executed by Lethal Injection in Texas
The state of Texas today executed a death row inmate convicted of fatally shooting a man in 1998, after robbing his victim of eight dollars.
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US Supreme Court Takes On Lethal Injections
The US Supreme Court was set to hear arguments about lethal injections Wednesday, after states began using alternative drugs -- believed by some to cause pain and suffering -- to carry out the executions.
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Texas carries out its 500th execution since 1982
Texas marked a solemn moment in criminal justice, executing its 500th inmate since it resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982.
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US set to execute first woman in more than two years
Texas is set to execute Kimberly McCarthy by lethal injection on Tuesday, the first woman to be put to death in the United States in more than two years.
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Texas executes man despite his claims of low IQ
A Texas man convicted of killing a police informant two decades ago was executed on Tuesday evening after the US Supreme Court rejected arguments that he was too mentally impaired to qualify for the death penalty.
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A Mother Shot And Killed Her Two Young Daughters After Plotting For Weeks, Police Say
Sarah Henderson has been charged with one count of capital murder, with another capital murder charge pending, officials said. She was arraigned Friday morning with bail set at $2 million and remains in jail under suicide watch. Hillhouse said the punishment for capital murder in Texas is life in prison or the death penalty.
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Texas Man Executed Amid US Decline In Use Of Capital Punishment
The southern US state of Texas on Wednesday executed an inmate who had dropped all appeals and asked to be put to death for murdering his neighbors 13 years ago.
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Convicted Murderer is Executed by Lethal Injection in Texas
The state of Texas today executed a death row inmate convicted of fatally shooting a man in 1998, after robbing his victim of eight dollars.
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US Supreme Court Takes On Lethal Injections
The US Supreme Court was set to hear arguments about lethal injections Wednesday, after states began using alternative drugs -- believed by some to cause pain and suffering -- to carry out the executions.
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Texas carries out its 500th execution since 1982
Texas marked a solemn moment in criminal justice, executing its 500th inmate since it resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982.
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US set to execute first woman in more than two years
Texas is set to execute Kimberly McCarthy by lethal injection on Tuesday, the first woman to be put to death in the United States in more than two years.
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Texas executes man despite his claims of low IQ
A Texas man convicted of killing a police informant two decades ago was executed on Tuesday evening after the US Supreme Court rejected arguments that he was too mentally impaired to qualify for the death penalty.
