Tag: death penalty case
The unexpected postponement of the execution of a death row inmate in Oklahoma after the wrong drugs were delivered to the prison has led to new questions being asked about the ultimate punishment. Now an appellate court in Oklahoma has agreed with state officials to postpone the executions of three inmates this month and in…
Texas has an unenviable reputation as the execution capital of the United States. Although the number of executions carried out in Texas has fallen in recent years, it remains ground zero for capital punishment. In some cases the state has pursued the ultimate sanction even when alarming questions linger over the original convictions. A case…
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a first appeal of the conviction of a Texas man against his verdict and death sentence over the killing of a grandmother. Mark Anthony Soliz is on death row for killing a 61-year-old grandmother at her Johnson County home nearly five years ago. The Fort Worth Star Telegram reported…