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Death Row Inmate Wants to be Executed

Jim Bell — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:49:41 +0000

A man on Texas death row for a drug-related killing in Waco says he wants his appeals to end, and he's asking the state to proceed with his execution.

East Texas Man Executed for Rusk Murder

Jim Bell — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:36:31 +0000

An East Texas man has been put to death in Huntsville for his role in a 2002 robbery in Rusk that left three people shot, one fatally.

Update: Prison Ends Fancy Last Meals for Death Row Inmates

Jim Bell — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:49:51 +0000

Update: Within hours of getting a "strong" letter from a powerful state senator, the head of the Texas prison system ordered an end to the practice of giving condemned prisoners anything they want for their "last meal."

State Senator John Whitmire of Houston is Chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, which oversees the state's huge prison system, and when he talks, people who run the prisons listen.

Whitmire says it's time to put an end to the practice of giving death-row inmates anything they want to eat for their last meal. "Enough is enough" Whitmire says.