Texas man who killed girl executed; attorneys said he should have been spared due to low IQ
Texas executes killer of 11-year-old girl HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A 44-year-old Texas man has been executed for raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl, despite his attorneys’ pleas that he was too mentally impaired to qualify for capital punishment. Texas inmate executed after governor rejects clemency recommendation from parole board
Texas inmate executed after gov. rejects clemency Texas inmate executed after Gov. Perry rejects parole board’s clemency recommendation
Texas executes inmate after Perry refuses reprieve Texas governor rejects parole board recommendation of clemency for condemned inmate
Texas governor refuses clemency for condemned man Gov. Perry to decide fate of Texas inmate set to die; parole board says he deserves clemency
Texas governor to decide condemned killer’s fate Gov. Perry may decide fate of inmate set to die Thurs.; parole board says he deserves clemency
Texas governor may decide condemned killer’s fate Texas inmate who changed mind about execution put to death for slaying of 84-year-old woman
Man executed for abduction-slaying of Texas woman Cuban man, Texas prison gang leader, executed Tuesday night for Houston robbery-slaying
Cuban man executed for Houston slaying HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Cuban-born man identified as a leader in a Hispanic prison gang was executed Tuesday evening for the robbery-slaying of a Houston drug dealer more than 10 years ago. Texas prisoner executed in case where jurors used Bible to justify death sentence
Texas man executed for beating death HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A man convicted of fatally beating and shooting an East Texas man during a burglary almost 12 years ago was executed Thursday, in a case that gained notoriety because jurors consulted a Bible to justify his death sentence. 28-year-old convicted in 2000 shooting of San Antonio man executed in Texas
Man convicted in 2000 shooting executed in Texas AP IMPACT: Global cooling? Statisticians reject claims that climate trend is shiftingSex offenders in Huntsville, Ala., expected at mandatory meeting on Halloween nightHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Registered sex offenders in a northern Alabama city won’t have a hard time making Halloween plans. Gunman who killed 3 in staged, drug-related Houston robbery is executed Tuesday nightHUNTSVILLE, Texas — A convicted hit man was executed Tuesday evening for a triple slaying in Houston nearly 14 years ago. Ex-cop who staged disappearance in Alabama, stole $60K, fled to Vegas gets 16 months in jailHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A former Alabama police officer has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for stealing from his department, faking his abduction and fleeing to Las Vegas. Convicted murderer executed in Texas for fatally shooting, robbing Houston drug dealerHUNTSVILLE, Texas — Condemned Texas killer Stephen Moody has been executed for the shooting death of a Houston man during a robbery 18 years ago. Alabama boy, 11, fakes kidnapping to avoid bringing home a bad report cardHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — An 11-year-old boy gets high marks in storytelling after staging a hoax to cover up his bad grades. Police said the boy faked his kidnapping Friday to avoid bringing home a bad report card, saying that a man with a pistol snatched him after he left Ed White Middle School. The boy said the man forced him into a “beat-up car” and threatened to kill him. Homeless Ala. man who survived being hit by train 2 years ago dies after being struck againHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A homeless man who survived being struck by a train two years ago has died after being hit by another train as he sat on the tracks. Former US Rep. Bill Hefner from NC dead at age 79; also a gospel singer, owned radio stationHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Bill Hefner, a former 12-term Democratic congressman from North Carolina, Southern Baptist gospel singer and radio station owner, died of a brain aneurysm Wednesday. He was 79. Lockheed Martin sets up new missile defense systems operating unitHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., a division of defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp., said Tuesday that it has established a new missile defense systems operating unit based in Huntsville, Ala. PPG says Boeing requests windshield liner to keep glass from flight deck in bird-strike eventHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — PPG Industries, a maker of paints, coatings and other specialty products, said Thursday one of its subsidiaries received a contract to redesign laminated glass windshields for Boeing’s next-generation 737 airplanes. NASA engineers deny that human space flight program, Constellation, is too risky, expensiveHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Engineers designing NASA’s next moon rocket denied Wednesday that the human space flight program dubbed “Constellation” is too expensive, too risky and would unnecessarily delay man’s return to space. NASA engineers, managers defend rocket design to Obama space flight panel meeting in Ala.HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Engineers designing NASA’s next moon rocket are defending their work to a committee appointed by President Obama to review the nation’s human space flight plans. Panel reviewing NASA plans for human spaceflight holds public hearing at Ala. rocket centerHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The panel reviewing NASA’s future plans for human space flight is convening for a session in Alabama. AP Interview: Former NASA head casts critical eye on Obama team’s slowdown on new space planHUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Michael Griffin has moved from the administrator’s suite atop NASA headquarters in Washington to the small, bare office of a new engineering professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Texas executes man who killed his 2 stepchildren, 3 other relativesHUNTSVILLE, Texas — A self-described “non-caring monster” who took responsibility for killing five relatives was executed Tuesday in Texas for killing his two stepchildren. Dallas man executed for abduction, rape, slaying of woman during 1999 crime spreeHUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man has been executed for the rape and slaying of a woman abducted while she was trying to make a call at a pay phone 10 years ago. Newly designed ‘Lone Star Texas’ license plates being stockpiled at a prison plantHUNTSVILLE, Texas — The rhythmic thump-thump-thump reverberates throughout the cavernous building like a heartbeat, or the dance floor of a rockin’ good club. |