Texas puts to death 13th inmate this year
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS — A man convicted of setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters at an eastern Texas home 15 years ago was put to death on Wednesday. Raphael...
View ArticleTexas man executed for fire that killed 3 children
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The latest on the Wednesday execution of Texas inmate Raphael Holiday (all times local): 8:30 p.m. A Texas inmate has been executed for setting a fire that killed his...
View ArticleTexas executes triple child killer
Texas executed Wednesday a death-row inmate who killed three children in a fire at their home, the youngest of whom was his baby daughter aged just one....
View ArticleTexas executes man for killing 3 kids
Texas executed a 36-year-old man convicted of killing his daughter and two stepdaughters in a mobile home blaze in 2000. ......
View ArticleTexas court voids reprieve; inmate’s execution set for tonight
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – A Texas inmate appeared headed toward execution Wednesday night for the fire deaths of three young girls after a state appeals court voided a lower court judge’s order that...
View ArticleTexas court voids reprieve; inmate’s execution back on
A Texas inmate appeared headed toward execution Wednesday night for the fire deaths of three young girls after a state appeals court voided a lower court judge’s order that gave him a reprieve earlier...
View ArticleTexas executes man for killing 3 children
RAPHAEL Holiday has been put to death by lethal injection at Texas' death chamber for the killing of his daughter and two stepdaughters. ......
View ArticleMan executed for killing children in house fire
Texas has executed a 36-year-old man convicted of killing his daughter and two stepdaughters in a mobile home blaze in 2000. Raphael Holiday was put to death by lethal injection at the state's death...
View ArticleRaphael Holiday Executed In Texas For Killing Three Children — He Is State’s...
Texas prisoner Raphael Holiday was executed on Wednesday for killing three children. The prisoner had set fire to a mobile home, trapping his daughter and two stepdaughters inside. Texas executed...
View ArticleTexas man executed for setting fire that killed 3 children
A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday for setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters at an East Texas home 15 years ago. Raphael Holiday, 36, became the 13th...
View ArticleTexas executes man for killing 3 children in house fire
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas on Wednesday executed a 36-year-old man convicted of killing his daughter and two stepdaughters in a mobile home blaze in 2000. Raphael Holiday was put to death by lethal...
View ArticleTexas executes Raphael Holiday over fire that killed three children
Appeals fail to halt 13th lethal injection of the year in state that puts more prisoners to death than anywhere else in the US...
View ArticleU.S. death penalties, executions slow as capital punishment is squeezed
By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Capital punishment in the United States has moved into the slow lane, with the number of executions and new death sentences likely to hit lows not seen for...
View ArticleTexas man committed suicide using venomous snake, authorities say
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The death of an 18-year-old man, found unresponsive in his vehicle in an Austin parking lot in July with an empty snake container, has been ruled a suicide committed...
View ArticleMissouri's pace of executions poised to slow: 'They've run out of people to...
State has put 18 convicted killers to death in past two years, a figure second only to Texas’s – but death sentences are declining and appeals remain...
View ArticleSuspect in shooting of Texas judge held on separate charge
By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A man seen by police as a person of interest in the shooting of a Texas judge in Austin last week was ordered on Wednesday by a judge in Houston to be held...
View ArticleTexas man took own life using venomous snake
The death of an 18-year-old man in Texas, found unresponsive in his vehicle in an Austin parking lot in July with an empty snake container, has been ruled a suicide committed using...
View ArticlePolice question man in Texas Judge Julie Kocurek's shooting
(CNN)Police in Houston have questioned a man in connection with the shooting of a judge in the Austin, Texas, area, a law enforcement official told CNN. The man, arrested on an unrelated fugitive...
View ArticleUS high court halts Missouri execution
The US Supreme Court halted late Tuesday the scheduled execution of a convicted murderer, saying his lethal injection should be delayed pending a ruling on whether his medical condition would cause...
View ArticleMan convicted of rape, murder in Alabama set to be executed
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court on Monday set a Jan. 21 execution date for a man convicted of raping and murdering a woman more than 20 years...
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