Draggingtree Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Scheduled Execution Link Last Name First Name TDCJ Number Date of Birth Race Date Received County 2/22/2018 Offender Information Whitaker Thomas 999522 12/31/1979 W 03/23/2007 Fort Bend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Texas prison system stalls release of public information on executions BY JOLIE MCCULLOUGHFEB. 15, 2018 Earlier this month, defense lawyers claimed Texas was botching its executions with old drugs. Now, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has stalled the release of information on how many lethal doses the state has and when they expire. FULL STORY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 Here's an updated look at how many execution drugs Texas has in stock BY JOLIE MCCULLOUGHFEB. 16, 2018 The Texas Department of Criminal Justice released information Thursday night on the state's execution drug inventory. The department had stalled release of the records, which show that the expiration date of four doses was changed from January to November. See more details here. FULL STORY MORE UPCOMING EVENTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) Death row inmate awaits governor's decision on rare clemency as deadline looms By Lucia I. Suarez Sang | Fox News As a 6 p.m. deadline looms, a Texas inmate set for execution Thursday is waiting for Gov. Greg Abbott to decide whether he will accept the state parole board’s rare clemency recommendation. Thomas “Bart” Whitaker, 38, is scheduled for lethal injection for masterminding the fatal shooting of his mother, Tricia, and brother, Kevin, at their Houston home in 2003. His father, Kent, was also shot in the same attack but survived and led the effort to save his son from execution. On Tuesday, the seven-member Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously recommended that Abbott commute Whitaker’s death sentence. The Republican governor has fewer than 12 hours to accept the recommendation, reject it or do nothing. His office has not responded to inquiries about Whitaker’s case. "The board only recommends," said Keith Hampton, one of Whitaker's attorneys. "The power resides purely in Gov. Abbott. He could do nothing, which would be pretty amazing. He could literally do nothing. Then (Whitaker) gets executed." http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/22/death-row-inmate-awaits-governors-decision-on-rare-clemency-as-deadline-looms.html Edited February 22, 2018 by Draggingtree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 Death Row Inmate Who Murdered his Mom and Brother Spared Just Minutes Before Execution CAITLIN KEATING February 22, 2018 07:18 PM With just 30 minutes until he was due to die via lethal injection, Thomas “Bart” Whitaker’s life was spared on Thursday. The Texas man was to be executed for trying to kill his entire family. The 38-year-old tragically succeeded in murdering his younger brother and mother and severely wounded his father, Kent Whitaker, in the brutal 2003 attack. In 2007, Bart was convicted of the murders and sentenced to death. On Thursday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott commuted Bart’s sentence from death to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Abbott’s decision followed a unanimous decision for commutation by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. “In just over three years as Governor, I have allowed 30 executions. I have not granted a commutation of a death sentence until now,” Abbott said in a statement explaining his reasoning for granting clemency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 These are the 747 inmates awaiting execution on California's death row By PAIGE ST. JOHN AND MALOY MOORE AUG. 24, 2017 A California Supreme Court decision has kept in place a measure passed by voters to speed up executions. Due to delays and legal challenges, the state hasn't executed a prisoner in a decade. Only 13 men have been put to death since capital punishment was restored here in 1978. Below are the 725 men and 22 women currently on death row. Click on the photos to learn more about the crimes that put them there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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