Two Texas fathers are sentenced to death, but questions linger
Two men in Texas are sentenced to death for murdering their children — for one of them, it is already too late. For the other ...
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San Antonio church provided spiritual comfort for first woman on death row in Texas
Texas's first female condemned killer received special permission to leave jail and be baptized at New Light Baptist Church ...
Texas man set to be executed for killing a pastor in his own church
A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his own church is facing scheduled execution ...
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‘I Am Ready, Warden’: Does the death penalty truly bring closure?
I Am Ready, Warden,” nominated for an Oscar, follows John Henry Ramirez in the days before he was executed in Texas for murder. It also spotlights the sons of both Ramirez and his victim.
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The Prisoner Who Planted a Church on Death Row
Every week, behind a half dozen security doors that lead to Unit 2—Tennessee’s death row—Kevin Burns holds a worship service.
Texas convict issues last message to wife before execution for killing pastor
Texas man Steven Nelson, convicted in 2012 of murdering a pastor the year before, was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday evening.
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Texas legislators seek more protections for death penalty defendants in wake of Trump executive order
Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...
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Texas executes man convicted in 2011 murder of Arlington pastor
A Texas man convicted of murdering an Arlington pastor was put to death on Wednesday evening. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was sentenced to death in 2012, a year after he was found guilty of ...
Death Row sicko who brutally murdered pastor with plastic bag utters 3 surprising final words at execution
Steven Lawayne Nelson was executed by lethal injection in the state of Texas on Wednesday for the brutal 2011 killing of the ...