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Capital Punishment

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    DA Craig Watkins Tells AP He Wants Texas to Take a Long, Hard Look at the Death Penalty

    ​As Leslie noted yesterday, in her piece about Judge Andy Chatham finally, officially declaring Richard Miles innocent two years after he was let out of prison, Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins noted, out of nowhere, that his great-grandfather had been executed by the state of Texas. ... More >>

  • News

    February 2, 2012

    Who's Guarding the County's Guardians?

    Dallas County appointed a hate-group found to a homeland security committee. Feel safe yet?

  • Film

    November 10, 2011

    Werner Herzog Goes Into the Abyss

    Documentary peers into the lawless human soul.

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Craig Watkins On Why Man Found Guilty of Murder, For Third Time, Won't Get Death

    ​Earlier today, Jennifer Emily noted that Jonathan Bruce Reed was found guilty of the 1978 murder of Braniff Airlines flight attendant Wanda Jean Wadle -- the third time he's been convicted of raping and strangling her in her Northeast Dallas apartment. (Prior convictions -- based upon the testimo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    A&M to the SEC: Didn't We Just Have this Conversation?

    ​The grand ol' Southwest Conference lived to be 80. The Big 12 Conference may die a teenager.Only 17 and just a year removed from turmoil that left it with just 10 teams but supposedly unity and cohesion, the conference is again this morning reeling with the news that Texas A&M -- irked b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Two Days Before He's to Die, Stroman Talks to CBS News About Victim's Fight to Save Him

    Courtesy CBS NewsMark Stroman, who is scheduled to die Wednesday, talks to Don Teague about his jailhouse conversion.​As you're no doubt well aware by now, Mark Stroman is scheduled to die down in Huntsville on Wednesday for killing Waqar Hasan, a Pakistani father of four who was gunned down on Se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    From the Comments: Kerry Max Cook Says Adios to His Old Friend, Randall Dale Adams

    Photo by Mark GrahamKerry Max Cook​Speaking of the wrongly imprisoned ...On Saturday, we stopped to take note -- belatedly -- of the passing of Randall Dale Adams, whose October death didn't reach newspapers till late last week. Adams, of course, was freed from prison in '89 following the release ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2011

    A Belated Farewell to The Thin Blue Line's Randall Dale Adams, "The First Innocent Man"

    Via.Randall Dale Adams's mugshot for the crime he did not commit​"It's an Everyman's story. It's the story of someone slipping through the cracks -- if you like, a nonfiction Twilight Zone episode." That was filmmaker Errol Morris talking, in 1988, about his documentary The Thin Blue Line -- other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Rais Bhuiyan, Victim of Post-9/11 Hate Crime, Calls for Forgiveness for His Attacker

    Photo by Alex ScottRais Bhuiyan speaking to a group from Amnesty International at SMU earlier this spring​On September 21, 2001, Rais Bhuiyan, then 27 years old, was working behind the cash register of a Texaco station in Pleasant Grove when a man wearing a bandanna, sunglasses and a baseball ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Dallas-Born The D.O.C. Speaks Out Against Dr. Dre, Shares Insight Into Death Row's Launch

    ​It's easy, sometimes, to forget who the greatest rapper Dallas ever spawned is -- especially when considering that, for the past 20 years, he's worked in a largely behind-the-scenes role, ghost-writing for other rappers and working closely as a mentor to genre luminaries Dr. Dre and Eminem.But, n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    The State Never Could Execute Ronald "Buffalo" Chambers. But He's Dead Now.

    A then-21-year-old Ronald "Buffalo" Chambers was sentenced to be executed in 1976.​I cannot count the number of stories Observer editor Mark Donald and I have written about Ronald "Buffalo" Chambers, who, on April 10, 1975, kidnapped 22-year-old Texas Tech student Mike McMahan and 20-year-old Dei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Dallas DA, DPD Reopen 1997 Murder Case, and Discover They Convicted the Wrong Men

    Dallas County District AttorneyClaude Simmons is one of two men being exonerated for a 1997 murder he did not commit.​Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins's office sends word this morning that two men convicted of murder in October 1997 -- 54-year-old Claude Alvin Simmons Jr. and 39-year- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Two Days Before a Dallas Man's Scheduled to Die, Lawyers Claim He's "Mentally Retarded"

    Roderick NewtonTen years ago last March, "Roderick Newton and Julian Williams went to a car wash in Pleasant Grove in Dallas looking for someone to rob." So reminds the Texas Attorney General's media release issued last week, which recounts the reason Newton is scheduled to be executed by the state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Head of the United Negro College Fund Blasts Decision to Pull Paul Quinn's Accreditation

    Michael Lomax, president and CEO of the United Negro College FundOn Friday, Kimberly spent the afternoon on the campus of Paul Quinn College, which is appealing the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' decision to yank the school's accreditation; said president Michael Sorrell, "It is not t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    State Judicial Conduct Commission Accuses Judge Sharon Keller of "Incompetence," Discrediting Judiciary

    Judge Sharon KellerSo, back to Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller. But only because there's breaking news this afternoon: The Austin American-Statesman's gotten hold of a notice of formal proceedings from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which says that "Judge Keller's willful an ... More >>

  • News

    February 19, 2009

    Fort Worth Rep. Lon Burnam Goes After "Killer" Judge Keller

    Judge Sharon KellerSo, back to Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller. But only because there's breaking news this afternoon: The Austin American-Statesman's gotten hold of a notice of formal proceedings from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which says that "Judge Keller's willful an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2008

    Tomorrow, One of Dallas's "Meanest Criminals" Is Set to Die

    Judge Sharon KellerSo, back to Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller. But only because there's breaking news this afternoon: The Austin American-Statesman's gotten hold of a notice of formal proceedings from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which says that "Judge Keller's willful an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2008

    Andrea and Glenna Star in Women on Death Row 3! Not What You Think.

    Judge Sharon KellerSo, back to Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller. But only because there's breaking news this afternoon: The Austin American-Statesman's gotten hold of a notice of formal proceedings from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which says that "Judge Keller's willful an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2008

    The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Is a ... Waitaminute ... "Support Group"?

    Judge Sharon KellerSo, back to Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller. But only because there's breaking news this afternoon: The Austin American-Statesman's gotten hold of a notice of formal proceedings from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which says that "Judge Keller's willful an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2008

    Waiting for Death

    Judge Sharon KellerSo, back to Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller. But only because there's breaking news this afternoon: The Austin American-Statesman's gotten hold of a notice of formal proceedings from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which says that "Judge Keller's willful an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2007

    Happy Birthday, Lethal Injection!

    Judge Sharon KellerSo, back to Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller. But only because there's breaking news this afternoon: The Austin American-Statesman's gotten hold of a notice of formal proceedings from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which says that "Judge Keller's willful an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2007

    Chelsea's Story

    Judge Sharon KellerSo, back to Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller. But only because there's breaking news this afternoon: The Austin American-Statesman's gotten hold of a notice of formal proceedings from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which says that "Judge Keller's willful an ... More >>

  • News

    September 6, 2007

    Of Note

    Sloppy record keeping causing headaches in criminal appeals

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2007

    Witness to the Execution

    Sloppy record keeping causing headaches in criminal appeals

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2007

    The Buffalo Will Not Die This Week

    Sloppy record keeping causing headaches in criminal appeals

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2006

    The Buffalo Will No Longer Roam

    Sloppy record keeping causing headaches in criminal appeals

  • News

    October 19, 2006

    Missed the Target | Those Crazy Baylor Grads | Frat Boys, Yeah Iced | Iced

    Sloppy record keeping causing headaches in criminal appeals

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2006

    Judge Not Lest Ye Be Screwed

    Sloppy record keeping causing headaches in criminal appeals

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2006

    You Can Run, But You Aren't Hyde

    Sloppy record keeping causing headaches in criminal appeals

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2006

    Light Sleeper?

    Sloppy record keeping causing headaches in criminal appeals

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2003

    Like a Phoenix

    Judy Shepard describes the good that came from tragedy

  • Music

    January 16, 2003

    War On War

    Steve Earle wonders what's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    Odds and Ends

    The more things change, the more we try to keep up

  • News

    November 22, 2001

    Frozen Food

    Baby chicks are sent to a freezer along with one zoo worker's job

  • News

    November 8, 2001

    Letters, Week of November 8

    Trinity Water Torture, Sins of Omission

  • Culture

    November 1, 2001

    Stop the Press

    Poor pacing and a puzzling lead wrinkle The Front Page

  • News

    October 25, 2001

    Bad Apples

    Is a teacher's effort to free two convicted killers a rush to bad judgment?

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Hand in Hand

    Never mind lethal injection, there's lots of Olympic spirit here

  • Culture

    May 31, 2001

    Kiss 'em, Cowboys!

    Pegasus Theatre serves up a gay romp on the range

  • News

    February 22, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of February 22

  • Music

    December 28, 2000

    Out & About

    Snoop Dogg

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Buzz

    Image is everything; Death watch; Miracle cure

  • News

    December 23, 1999

    Good time Charlie

    The don of Dallas criminal lawyers, Charles Tessmer reshaped justice through decades of hard-fought cases and hard drink

  • News

    June 24, 1999

    On the lam

    A convicted killer flees arrest on insurance fraud charges

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    Blood Vow

    When investigators uncovered the bodies of a Dallas mother and her young son in a makeshift Oklahoma grave, FBI agent Tase Bailey swore to bring the killer to justice

  • Music

    December 11, 1997

    Out There

    When investigators uncovered the bodies of a Dallas mother and her young son in a makeshift Oklahoma grave, FBI agent Tase Bailey swore to bring the killer to justice

  • News

    July 24, 1997

    Publicity Paul

    U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins loves feeding his name to the papers. But what's he done that's news?

  • Music

    January 18, 1996

    Out There

    U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins loves feeding his name to the papers. But what's he done that's news?

  • Film

    January 18, 1996

    High voltage

    Dead Man Walking hits your mind and heart like a lightning bolt

  • News

    October 19, 1995

    Observer wins national awards

    Dead Man Walking hits your mind and heart like a lightning bolt

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