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Texas Man With Autism Faces Death Penalty Due To Alleged Child Murder
The Texas pardons board rejected a clemency appeal on Wednesday from an autistic man on death row whose murder conviction was based on what his lawyers say was a misdiagnosis of "shaken baby syndrome."
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6th US Inmate Execution: Texas Man Put To Death For Murder Of Twins In 1989
A Texas man was put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday evening for the murders of teenage twin sisters, prison officials said, the sixth death row inmate to be executed in the United States in the past 12 days.
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US Man Executed For Raping, Killing Drug Dealer's Girlfriend In 2001
An American man was executed Wednesday in Texas for the 2001 murder of a woman.
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Video: House Explodes After Man Fires Flare Gun To Scare Off Cops In US
A massive explosion was reported in US' Texas on Tuesday after a suspect fired a flare gun at the police executing a search warrant.
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US Man Convicted Of Cop's Murder Executed
A man sentenced to death for the murder of a police officer was executed Wednesday night in Texas despite suspicions of racism having tainted his trial.
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Texas Man Executed 17 Years After Killing 5 Of His Family Members
Texas on Thursday executed a man who was convicted for shooting and killing his 29-year-old wife and his two daughters, as well as his father-in-law and sister-in-law shortly after smoking crack in 2002.
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US Man Convicted Of Murdering 89-Year-Old Woman And Her Elderly Daughter
A man convicted of killing an 89-year-old woman and her elderly daughter in their Fort Worth home in 2003 was put to death by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday.
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White Supremacist Executed In Texas For Dragging Death Of Black Man
A white supremacist convicted of killing James Byrd Jr. in 1998 by dragging the 49-year-old black man behind a truck in one of the most notorious hate crimes of modern times was executed in Texas on Wednesday.
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US Court Stays Man's Execution To Allow For Buddhist Advisor
An inmate who was part of a murderous band of prison escapees dubbed the "Texas 7" won a reprieve from his death sentence on Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the state to allow a Buddhist spiritual adviser to accompany him to the execution chamber.
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Texas Executes Man Convicted Of 1989 Murder Of Three In-Laws
A 70-year-old man convicted of murdering his estranged wife's parents and brother in 1989 was executed in Texas on Thursday, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition seeking a reprieve on grounds he received inadequate defence at his trial.
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Texas Executes Man Convicted Of Strangling Woman While Driving
Texas on Thursday executed a man convicted of kidnapping a woman in 2000 and choking her to death while he was driving, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a last-minute appeal by his lawyers who argued the death was an accident.
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US Man Executed For Killing Former Roommate, Hiding Her Body In Concrete
A man convicted of murdering a woman and hiding her body in a barrel of concrete is set to be put to death Wednesday -- the first of two scheduled Texas executions this week.
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The Man Who Has Seen More US Executions Than Anyone Else
Michael Graczyk saw someone die for the first time in March 1984. Graczyk, a reporter with the Associated Press, walked into a Texas prison to watch the execution of James David Autry, who had been sentenced to death for killing a convenience store clerk four years earlier.
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Texas 'Ice-Pick Killer' Pushes For Humane Execution- By Firing Squad, Gas
Attorneys for the man dubbed the "ice-pick killer," who's scheduled to be put to death in Texas on Wednesday evening, are arguing that lethal injection would very likely result in a botched execution given the 66-year-old's plethora of medical problems.
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Texas Man Killed Daughters While Wife Heard Gunshots On Phone; Executed
A man who killed his two young daughters at his Dallas apartment in 2001 while the girls' mother listened on the phone and heard the fatal gunshots and her children's screams, was executed in Texas on Thursday, prisons officials said.
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Texas Man With Autism Faces Death Penalty Due To Alleged Child Murder
The Texas pardons board rejected a clemency appeal on Wednesday from an autistic man on death row whose murder conviction was based on what his lawyers say was a misdiagnosis of "shaken baby syndrome."
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6th US Inmate Execution: Texas Man Put To Death For Murder Of Twins In 1989
A Texas man was put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday evening for the murders of teenage twin sisters, prison officials said, the sixth death row inmate to be executed in the United States in the past 12 days.
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US Man Executed For Raping, Killing Drug Dealer's Girlfriend In 2001
An American man was executed Wednesday in Texas for the 2001 murder of a woman.
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Video: House Explodes After Man Fires Flare Gun To Scare Off Cops In US
A massive explosion was reported in US' Texas on Tuesday after a suspect fired a flare gun at the police executing a search warrant.
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US Man Convicted Of Cop's Murder Executed
A man sentenced to death for the murder of a police officer was executed Wednesday night in Texas despite suspicions of racism having tainted his trial.
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Texas Man Executed 17 Years After Killing 5 Of His Family Members
Texas on Thursday executed a man who was convicted for shooting and killing his 29-year-old wife and his two daughters, as well as his father-in-law and sister-in-law shortly after smoking crack in 2002.
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US Man Convicted Of Murdering 89-Year-Old Woman And Her Elderly Daughter
A man convicted of killing an 89-year-old woman and her elderly daughter in their Fort Worth home in 2003 was put to death by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday.
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White Supremacist Executed In Texas For Dragging Death Of Black Man
A white supremacist convicted of killing James Byrd Jr. in 1998 by dragging the 49-year-old black man behind a truck in one of the most notorious hate crimes of modern times was executed in Texas on Wednesday.
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US Court Stays Man's Execution To Allow For Buddhist Advisor
An inmate who was part of a murderous band of prison escapees dubbed the "Texas 7" won a reprieve from his death sentence on Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the state to allow a Buddhist spiritual adviser to accompany him to the execution chamber.
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Texas Executes Man Convicted Of 1989 Murder Of Three In-Laws
A 70-year-old man convicted of murdering his estranged wife's parents and brother in 1989 was executed in Texas on Thursday, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition seeking a reprieve on grounds he received inadequate defence at his trial.
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Texas Executes Man Convicted Of Strangling Woman While Driving
Texas on Thursday executed a man convicted of kidnapping a woman in 2000 and choking her to death while he was driving, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a last-minute appeal by his lawyers who argued the death was an accident.
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US Man Executed For Killing Former Roommate, Hiding Her Body In Concrete
A man convicted of murdering a woman and hiding her body in a barrel of concrete is set to be put to death Wednesday -- the first of two scheduled Texas executions this week.
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The Man Who Has Seen More US Executions Than Anyone Else
Michael Graczyk saw someone die for the first time in March 1984. Graczyk, a reporter with the Associated Press, walked into a Texas prison to watch the execution of James David Autry, who had been sentenced to death for killing a convenience store clerk four years earlier.
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Texas 'Ice-Pick Killer' Pushes For Humane Execution- By Firing Squad, Gas
Attorneys for the man dubbed the "ice-pick killer," who's scheduled to be put to death in Texas on Wednesday evening, are arguing that lethal injection would very likely result in a botched execution given the 66-year-old's plethora of medical problems.
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Texas Man Killed Daughters While Wife Heard Gunshots On Phone; Executed
A man who killed his two young daughters at his Dallas apartment in 2001 while the girls' mother listened on the phone and heard the fatal gunshots and her children's screams, was executed in Texas on Thursday, prisons officials said.
