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Melissa Lucio was two days away from being put to death in Texas for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter when an appeals court intervened in 2022. Now, a judge says Lucio never committed the ...
Kerry Max Cook (born 1956) is an American former death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 21-year-old Linda Jo Edwards in 1977. [1]
The Cameron County judge also found the state relied on false testimony during her capital murder trial, according to court documents.
In 2003, a Texas court found Robert Roberson guilty of killing his daughter. 21 years later, he says prosecutors used invalid science to convict him. Judge sets execution date for Texan accused of ...
Lucio was the first woman of Hispanic descent in Texas to be sentenced to death. A problematic conviction and rejected appeals led to her case being covered in the 2020 documentary The State of Texas vs. Melissa. Otis McKane: Shooting of Benjamin Marconi. 3 years, 140 days Steven Lawayne Nelson: Murder of Arlington church pastor Clint Dobson.
Jeffery Lee "Jeff" Wood (born August 19, 1973) is a man on death row in the state of Texas. He was scheduled for execution in 2008 and 2016 before stays of execution were issued. [2] As in the case of Kenneth Foster, [3] Wood's death sentence stems from the Texas law of parties, which is related to the felony murder rule. [4]
In connection with his death, the jail was issued a notice of non-compliance from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards related to observations. The guard reportedly failed to check on Moore for an hour and seven minutes. Jail or Agency: Rolling Plains Detention Center; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: UNKNOWN; Date of death: 4/26/2016 ...
Brittany Marlowe Holberg (born January 1, 1973) is a woman on death row in the U.S. state of Texas.On Friday, March 27, 1998, Holberg was convicted of the November 1996 robbery, torture and murder of 80-year-old A. B. Towery Sr. (1916–1996) in his southwest Amarillo home, and was sentenced to death by 251st state District Judge Patrick Pirtle. [1]