Houston Public MediaJan 22, 2025

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a record low.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/01/22/511609/fewer-texans-sentenced-to-death-executed-amid-evolving-standards-of-decency/

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Fewer Texans sentenced to death, executed amid ‘evolving standards of decency’

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a record low.

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Houston Public MediaMay 23, 2024

An execution date was set for a Brazoria County man convicted of brutally stomping his infant son to death in 2011.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/05/23/488440/death-date-set-for-brazoria-county-man-convicted-of-brutally-murdering-3-month-old-son/

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Death date set for Brazoria County man convicted of brutally murdering 3-month-old son

Mullis had been found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death in 2011, three years after he reportedly sexually assaulted and choked 3-month-old Alijah Mullis before crushing his skull and throwing the infant's lifeless body onto a remote berm along the Galveston seawall.

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Houston Public MediaDec 14, 2023

Texas once again led the nation in executions in 2023. A large proportion of the prisoners put to death suffered from some form of mental illness or cognitive disability.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2023/12/14/472123/texas-leads-u-s-in-executions-in-2023-report-finds/

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Texas leads U.S. in executions in 2023, report finds

The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty reports the state carried out eight death sentences, a third of the nation’s total this year.

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