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Dallas man on Texas death row says execution next week would be for a double murder he ‘did not commit'
Ivan Cantu is scheduled to be executed on February 28 for the murder of his cousin and his cousin’s girlfriend in Collin County in 2000. The Dallas native insists he’s innocent and wants a new trial.
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Time running out in effort to stop a North Texas man from being executed
A Collin County jury convicted and sentenced Ivan Cantu – to death row in a double murder over 20 years ago. NBC 5 Maria Guerrero has more.
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David Renteria executed for 2001 killing of 5-year-old girl abducted from a store
A Texas man convicted of strangling a 5-year-old girl who was taken from a Walmart store nearly 22 years ago and burning her body was executed Thursday evening.
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Man who said his death sentence was based on false expert testimony executed
A Texas man who said his death sentence was based on false and unscientific expert testimony was executed Thursday evening for killing a man during a robbery decades ago.
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Death row inmate with 40-year mental illness history ruled not competent to be executed
A Texas death row inmate with a long history of mental illness, and who tried to call Jesus Christ and John F. Kennedy as trial witnesses, is not competent to be executed, a federal judge ruled.
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Supreme Court Lets Texas Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed Pursue DNA Lawsuit
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that longtime Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed should have a chance to argue for testing of crime-scene evidence that he says will help clear him.
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Man Who Fatally Shot Dallas Officer in 2007 Is Executed Wednesday
A man convicted of fatally shooting a Dallas police officer nearly 16 years ago after a high-speed chase was executed on Wednesday.
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Texas Death Row Inmates File Lawsuit Over State's Solitary Confinement Policy
A group of death row inmates filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Texas prison system over its policy of mandatory and indefinite solitary confinement for all prisoners who are awaiting execution, saying it causes severe physical and psychological harm.
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Texas Executes Ex-Cop Who Hired Men to Kill His Wife
A former suburban Houston police officer was executed Tuesday for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago amid a contentious divorce and custody battle.
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Race Bias Claim by Inmate Who Ate His Own Eye Rejected by Court
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from a Black Texas death row inmate who argued he didn’t get a fair trial because jurors who convicted him objected to interracial marriage.
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Texas Executes Inmate Who Fought Prayer, Touch Rules
A Texas death row inmate whose case redefined the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide was executed Wednesday, despite the efforts of a district attorney to stop his lethal injection.
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Former Irving Chief Reacts to Latest Twist in Texas 7 Murder Trial
One of the Texas 7 prison escapees convicted of killing Irving Officer Aubrey Hawkins may soon get a new trial, The Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday. Jeff Spivey, the city’s former police chief offered his reaction to the latest news.
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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.