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Attorney for Man Accused of Killing 5 Neighbors in Texas Suggests Not All Has Been Revealed About Shooting
Attorneys for the man accused of killing five of his neighbors after storming into their Texas home suggested on Thursday that not all has been revealed about what led up to the deadly shooting.
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Lawyers Seek Removal of Judge in Texas School Shooting Case
Attorneys for a man accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school in 2018 are seeking to have the judge handling the case removed, accusing him of bias for pushing to have experts deem the former student competent to stand trial.
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Execution of Man Convicted in Killing of 3 in Texas Delayed
A judge has delayed next week’s scheduled execution of a man convicted of killing three teenagers while they slept in a Texas Panhandle home more than 25 years ago.
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Task Force Unveils Improvements in Wake of Astroworld Show
A task force in Houston has unveiled a new agreement its members say will improve communication and planning to ensure that events like last year’s Astroworld music festival don’t turn deadly.
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Problems at Polling Locations Put Harris County at Center of Elections Controversy
A Democrat who is the top official in Texas’ largest county on Thursday acknowledged problems around Houston on Election Day that included paper ballot shortages and delayed openings of polling locations, but waved off an unfolding investigation by state police as political.
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Judge's Antisemitic Views Tainted Murder Trial of Texas 7 Escapee, Prosecutors Say
One of the Texas 7 prison escapees convicted in the murder of an Irving police officer should get a new trial because the judge in his 2003 capital murder trial held antisemitic views, Tarrant County prosecutors said.
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Harris County Accused of Violating State Law Over Defunding Law Enforcement
Texas officials have accused the state’s most populous county of defunding some of its law enforcement agencies in violation of a new law that prevents such funding cuts.
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Texas Executes Man Convicted of Murdering McKinney Real Estate Agent
Texas on Wednesday put to death a man who fatally stabbed a Collin County real estate agent more than 16 years ago, the second execution this year in what has been the nation’s busiest death penalty state.
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Judge: Texas Execution Can't Proceed Without Religious Requests
A federal judge has issued a temporary order telling Texas prison officials that they can carry out next week’s scheduled execution of a death row inmate only if they grant all of his religious accommodations, including allowing his spiritual adviser to hold his hand when he receives a lethal injection.
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Texas Death Row Inmate Asks to Delay Execution for Kidney Donation
A Texas inmate who is set to be put to death in less than two weeks asked that his execution be delayed so he can donate a kidney.
