Advocate.com [Unofficial]Texas police arrest suspect in 2021 murder of transgender woman Kier Solomon
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Houston Public MediaRobert Roberson, whose case garnered national attention last fall after an extraordinary delay in execution, is once again scheduled for lethal injection on October 16.
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Robert Roberson is again approaching execution in Texas in shaken baby case
Roberson hopes he will again avoid becoming the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. Roberson is scheduled to be executed in Texas on Oct. 16 for the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man who was erroneously released from the Harris County Jail early Sunday. Troy Dugas, 36, was released despite being recently sentenced to state prison for convictions in two nearby counties.
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Harris County Jail staff erroneously release man who had been sentenced to state prison
The Harris County Sheriff's Office said Monday it was searching for Troy Dugas, 36, who was released early Sunday despite recent convictions of domestic violence and evading arrest in two other counties in the Houston area.
A judge ordered an Oct. 16 execution date for death row inmate Robert Roberson Wednesday upon the Texas Attorney General's request — almost exactly a year after he narrowly avoided execution when state lawmakers intervened in his case.
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East Texas judge approves Oct. 16 execution date for Robert Roberson
After a roughly 20-minute hearing, Judge Austin Reeve Jackson rejected arguments by Roberson's attorney that his execution should be further delayed because of a pending appeal to the state's highest criminal court.
A Texas prisoner has pleaded guilty to killing a 27-year-old correctional officer from the Houston area in 2023.
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Texas prisoner pleads guilty to capital murder in 2023 death of correctional officer from Houston area
Jovian Motley, 27, died during a tussle inside of a prison cell in the Wainwright Unit in Lovelady, about 20 miles north of Huntsville. It happened while five officers worked to restrain Jabari Lewis, who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to Motley's murder.
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles will decide in March if Yolanda Saldívar, a former Selena fan club president convicted in the Texas pop star's 1995 shooting death, will be eligible for parole.
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Texas House members are weighing whether the shaken baby syndrome theory should have been used in convicting Robert Roberson of the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter.
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The head of the Texas prisons department said he wants to install air conditioning in every state lockup — he just doesn’t have the cash to do it.
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Too much heat, not enough funding: State of Texas defends lack of prison A/C in federal court
The state of Texas is being sued over the lack of air conditioning in its prisons, where indoor temperatures can top 100 degrees in the summer. In federal court, inmates detailed the extreme measures they’ve taken to get out of the heat, like starting fires or inflicting self-harm.
The state of Texas, blocked from purchasing lethal injection drugs by pharmaceutical companies that refuse to participate in executions, bought them instead from an in-state pharmacy with a history of safety and cleanliness violations.
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Unmarked cars and secret orders: How a pharmacy prepared drugs for Texas’ executions
NPR identified the company that provided Texas with execution drugs and uncovered that state and federal authorities alleged the pharmacy and some of its owners violated laws meant to protect patients.
A handful of Texas jails have issued electronic tablets to inmates. Counties can make money off their use.
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When Texas jails issue tablets, it comes at cost for inmates and families
The devices have proliferated nationwide and even in some of Texas’ county jails. Harris County Jail, the largest jail in Texas, plans to deploy tablets to all of the people they house — roughly 10,000 — by the end of the year, officials said.