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21 Sep 2009, 9:39 am
The fifth circuit court of appeals turned down the penultimate appeal of British grandmother Linda Carty, which means she has only the supreme court and Governor Rick Perry between her and an encounter with the executioner.As to whether she should even have been convicted, the court found it a "close case", but the verdict was good enough for government work. [read post]
21 Sep 2009, 8:12 am
Rick Perry on Friday strenuously defended the execution of a Corsicana man whose conviction for killing his daughters in a house fire hinged on an arson finding that top experts call junk science. [read post]
17 Sep 2009, 9:32 am by Stephen Gustitis
During the recent 81st Texas Legislative Session, Governor Rick Perry stayed true to form by vetoing a number of criminal justice bills sent to him for signature which benefitted the defense bar. [read post]
15 Sep 2009, 8:47 am
Late last week, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced that the Texas Rangers -- no, not the baseball team formerly run by George W -- woulkd begin patrolling the state's southern border with Mexico. [read post]
15 Sep 2009, 2:28 am
NEWS: Is Rick Perry Responsible for Texas' Wild Increase in Executions? [read post]
14 Sep 2009, 7:17 am
Knobloch was nominated by Governor Rick Perry and confirmed by the Texas Senate on May 8, 2009. [read post]
14 Sep 2009, 1:42 am
09/11/09 order by Judge Vaughn WalkerIn his order, Judge Walker allows the official Prop. 8 proponents to file their motion for summary judgment in Perry v. [read post]
13 Sep 2009, 6:05 am
He also does not say (as Texas Governor Rick Perry has hinted) that he has the right to secede if he doesn't get what he wants. [read post]
11 Sep 2009, 10:19 am
I wonder if Texas Governor Rick Perry will top Pawlenty and try it. [read post]
10 Sep 2009, 11:08 am
Rick Perry's handling of a Corsicana man's case will become fodder for challengers rating him a failed leader. [read post]
9 Sep 2009, 1:48 pm
Rick Perry has named Catherine Evans of Dallas to be the Texas Youth Commission independent ombudsman. [read post]
9 Sep 2009, 10:27 am by WOLFGANG DEMINO
Justice Thomas' retirement thus creates another opportunity for Governor Rick Perry to pick a Republican successor, following Justice Brister's recent resignation from the Texas Supreme Court. [read post]
4 Sep 2009, 5:40 am
Governor Rick Perry this week skipped out on the binational Border Governors' Conference in Monterrey, sending Deputy Chief of Staff Kathy Walt in his stead. [read post]
2 Sep 2009, 7:47 am
Rick Perry to stay Willingham's execution. [read post]
2 Sep 2009, 1:33 am
Texas should halt all executions.To: Texas Governor Rick Perry The State of Texas should halt all executions in light of the news that the investigator hired by the Texas Forensic Science Commission has concluded that the fire in the Cameron Todd Willingham case was accidental and not arson. [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 9:16 am
I thought for sure this deal was cut in 2005 but it fell through by the end of session.I heard through the grapevine the Texas Municipal Police Association lobbied the Governor to veto the TCLEOSE Sunset bill because it included the central repository: It's possible the reason Rick Perry didn't oblige them was that Sen. [read post]
27 Aug 2009, 8:58 am
One of the Texas border Sheriffs who was receiving millions in grant funds from Governor Rick Perry's border security program was sentenced to more than half a decade in the federal hoosgow for conspiring with drug cartels to smuggle narcotics through his county. [read post]
27 Aug 2009, 8:58 am
One of the Texas border Sheriffs who was receiving millions in grant funds from Governor Rick Perry's border security program was sentenced to more than half a decade in the federal hoosgow for conspiring with drug cartels to smuggle narcotics through his county. [read post]
25 Aug 2009, 12:10 pm by Brian Evans
  His was one of the 200+ executions under Rick Perry, a governor who has remained willfully oblivious to the huge flaws in his state’s death penalty. [read post]