Henry “Hank†Skinner Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 6:00 pm Execution Death by illness has stayed the death sentence of Hank Skinner. He died in hospital Feb. 16, 2023, of complications from surgery. The history of his previous execution date of Sept. 13, 2023: His latest execution date is one in a series of many over the years, marked by stays and wrangling over the testing of various pieces of crime-scene evidence for DNA. Skinner and his French wife insist he is innocent of the triple homicide for
Jedidiah Murphy Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 6:00 pm Execution Sentenced to death in the slaying of a woman in Garland, Texas, in 2000. The Jewish death-row prisoner made international news when a rabbi celebrated his belated bar mitzvah with him in the visiting area. It marked the first time someone on Texas death row wrapped tefillin, Jewish ritual phylacteries tied onto the head and arm. In appealing his conviction, Murphy argued that the state denied him his rights when it, among other things, suppresse
Ivan Cantu Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 6:00 pm Execution Convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in October 2001 for two slayings in Dallas. On appeal, Cantu argued that his legal help at trial was ineffective and didn't present evidence that would have bolstered his claim of innocence. A week before Cantu’s execution date of April 26, 2023, a court put it on hold while new developments were considered, including recanted testimony and questions about evidence at the original trial. Four mo