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  Capital punishment in Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Most executions were for murder, but other crimes such as piracy, treason, desertion and rape have been subject to death sentences.
The last hanging in the state was that of Nathan Lee, a man convicted of murder and executed in Brazoria County on August 31, 1923.
In a capital case, voir dire is conducted individually rather than in a group and the jury is 'death qualified,' which means that jurors who express absolute opposition to the death penalty are ineligible to sit.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Texas   (2351 words)

  
 The Avalon Project : Address of the Honorable S. F. Austin, Delivered at Louisville, Kentucky, March 7, 1836
Texas would have been satisfied to have been a state of the Mexican Confederation, and she made every constitutional effort in her power to become one.
That Texas is no longer morally or civilly bound by the compact of union; yet stimulated by the generosity and sympathy common to a free people, they offer their support and assistance to such of the members of the Mexican Confederacy as will take up arms against military despotism.
In order to make the position of Texas more clear to the world, a convention has been called to meet the first of March, and is no doubt, now in session, for the express purpose of publishing a positive and unqualified declaration of independence, and organizing a permanent government.
www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/texind01.htm   (4412 words)

  
 "USA executes its citizens every ten days" | Independent World Television
Texas is the leading unit of the USA on the number of executed death sentences: 355 deaths.
The day of November 30, 2005 will mark the execution of the 1,000th death sentence in the USA since the moment when death penalty was reinstated in the country: murderer Robin Lovitt sentenced to death penalty in Virginia back in 1999 will die by electric chair.
Texas is the leading unit of the USA on the number of executed death sentences: 355 citizens have been executed in Texas since the abolishment of the moratorium.
www.iwtnews.com /usa_deathpenalty   (891 words)

  
 The Austin Chronicle Politics: Texas Justice
The executions are listed in order by date, beginning with Charlie Brooks Jr., executed December 7, 1982, and ending with Gary Lee Graham, who was executed on June 22 of this year, just before the book went to press.
When an offender is executed, his file is moved from the death row section of the file drawers to the executed offender section.
The previous-execution list maintained by the TDCJ and distributed as part of the press packet at all executions lists the executed offender by the order in which they were executed.
www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2000-10-20/pols_feature2.html   (2565 words)

  
 Bomb Threats and Physical Security Planning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Individuals entering the building would be required to sign a register indicating the name and room number of the person whom they wish to visit.
The individual in charge of the room searching team should look around the room and determine how the room is to be divided for searching and to what height the first searching sweep should extend.
When the two individuals meet, they will have completed a "wall sweep." They should then work together and check all items in the middle of the room up to the selected hip height, including the floor under the rugs.
nsi.org /library/terrorism/bombthreat.html   (4986 words)

  
 DIR - UETA Guideline
Texas law also provides a definition for the term digital signature, which is sometimes used interchangeably with electronic signature.
Thirteen T.A.C. Section 6.95 which is the Texas State Library and Archives Commission's rule concerning standards and procedures for electronic records and Government Code Section 441.187 describe the requirements for the disposition and destruction of electronic state records.
Among these are voice patterns (where an individual's spoken words are converted into a special electronic representation), fingerprints, and the blood vessel patterns present on the retina (or rear) of one or both eyes.
www.dir.state.tx.us /standards/UETA_Guideline.htm   (10341 words)

  
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During the Congressional phase of Reconstruction, the military affairs of the State of Texas, and many aspects of civil government, were controlled by the commander of the District of Texas (1866-1868), or of the 5th Military District (1868-1870).
Texas Rangers Data from the files of Adjutant General commencing with the formation of the Frontier Battalion, by James A. King and Major Coffee--Very Valuable.
One is a list of minute companies in the service of the State of Texas during 1873, including: the company letter, county, station, commanding officer, date of entry into service, and notes as to reorganization status.
www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/tslac/30027.xml   (5441 words)

  
 Fight the Death Penalty in USA - Executions in 1998
The execution was carried out after the rejection of last-minute appeals to the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia and the U.S. Supreme Court by Heidnik's daughter, who fought for years to save Heidnik despite his willingness to die.
The 1st Texas death row inmate to have DNA evidence used to convict him of capital murder was executed Wednesday night for the rape-slaying of a northeast Texas woman more than 11 years ago.
Parsons becomes the 1st condemned inmate to be executed this year in Utah, and the 6th overall since the state resumed capital punishment on Jan. 17, 1977, when Gary Gilmore was shot to death by a firing squad in the Utah State Penitentiary.
www.fdp.dk /uk/exec/exe-9903.htm   (21663 words)

  
 2002 Presidential Candidates' Views on the Death Penalty
The growing list of exonerated individuals freed from death row, the national conference in Chicago in 1998 in which the faces of these individuals became familiar to the American public, and the incredible story of one such inmate, Anthony Porter, led many to conclude that the death penalty system is broken and may be irreparable.
More executions have occurred in Texas under the 5 years of Gov. Bush’s tenure than in any other state in all of the past 24 years since the death penalty was reinstated.
And it is not only the sheer number of executions: Texas has vigorously gone forward with executions of juvenile offenders, the mentally retarded, foreign nationals not informed of their rights under international treaties, defendants with sleeping lawyers, and others with serious doubts about their guilt.
www.deathpenaltyinfo.org /article.php?scid=18&did=235   (1475 words)

  
 Texas Death Penalty Law
If an individual is convicted of a capital felony, he or she may be subject to punishment by death, if the State sought such punishment.
In Texas, a person must be of at least 17 years of age at the time of the crime to have the death penalty imposed upon him or her
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is the agency responsible for incarcerating individuals who have been convicted of a capital felony and sentenced with the death penalty.
tarlton.law.utexas.edu /vlibrary/outlines/deathpen.html   (2079 words)

  
 Texas Attorney General
For example, an open record decision has held that a city manager could not contract away the city's right to inspect a list of applicants for a city job even though the list was developed by a private consultant for the city.
See Texas Attorney General Opinion No. ORD-148 (1976) (faculty member's file is not in active use the entire time the promotion is under consideration); But see Texas Attorney General Opinion No. ORD-225 (1979) (secretary's handwritten notes are in active use while the secretary is typing minutes of the meeting from them).
Texas Government Code section 552.222 (c)(West 1998)(if requested information relates to motor vehicle record, governmental body may make additional inquiries to determine if requestor is eligible to receive information under Chapter 730 of the Transportation Code); see Texas Transportation Code section 730.001, et seq.
www.oag.state.tx.us /opinopen/or_easy.shtml   (7760 words)

  
 List of individuals executed in Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A total of 362 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Texas since 1976.
For a general overview see capital punishment in Texas.
Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Bill Davidson
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_individuals_executed_in_Texas   (285 words)

  
 First Republic of Texas
From San Antonio, Texas governor Salcedo followed the developments through his intelligence network and intensively tried to enlist more aid from his superiors and comrades in arms south of the Rio Grande to prepare for invasion and limit distribution of rebel propaganda.
According to others including Texas patriot José (Joseph) Antonio Menchaca, he was tried by a military council when he returned to Bexar and was sent to Chihuahua under protective custody of Don Nemesio Salcedo where he died in prison in 1811.
From the view in the east, Texas was the next frontier of opportunity, an arena in which to continue execution of the pioneering frontier spirit of political and economic freedom that began on the Atlantic coast in the second half of the 18th century.
www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/Spain2.htm   (4813 words)

  
 The Texas Imperialist
Thus, the parallel or analogy between a corporation and an individual is not an exact one.
As duly (self)-appointed Delegate of Texas to the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, I hereby announce that the "Texans" who fled to New Mexico are cast out of the great state of Texas.
Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Texas Republican, writing in the Washington Times, says that to keep 370,000 deployed in more than 100 countries, "we have called to active duty an unprecedented 136,000 members of the Reserve and National Guard." Today's tempo of operations threatens the services' retention and recruitment.
imperialism.blogspot.com /2003_08_01_imperialism_archive.html   (17719 words)

  
 NASA - East Texas Columbia Recovery Search Nears Completion
Individuals from these organizations, aided by local authorities and landowners, have worked long hours under arduous conditions over difficult terrain, to recover Columbia debris.
The Disaster Field Office in Lufkin, Texas, the central planning and command center for the search, is expected to close in early May.
NASA plans to maintain a relationship with the people of the East Texas communities affected by the Columbia mishap through community outreach and education programs.
www.nasa.gov /home/hqnews/2003/apr/HP_news_03139.html   (613 words)

  
 List of individuals executed in Nebraska: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
List of individuals executed in Nebraska: Encyclopedia topic
The updated page can be found at: list of individuals executed in nebraska
A total of 3 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Nebraska (Nebraska: A midwestern state on the Great Plains) since 1976:
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/list_of_individuals_executed_in_nebraska   (129 words)

  
 List of individuals executed in New Mexico: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
List of individuals executed in New Mexico: Encyclopedia topic
The updated page can be found at: list of individuals executed in new mexico
Only one individual has been executed in the state of New Mexico (New Mexico: A state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border) since 1976:
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/list_of_individuals_executed_in_new_mexico   (104 words)

  
 Death Penalty: Marion Dudley executed in Texas
When asked by a warden if he had any final statement, Marion Dudley did not respond, kept his eyes closed and never turned his head toward witnesses in the chamber, which included one of his survivors and relatives of one of the people killed.
Dudley is the first person put to death in Texas this year, but more than a dozen executions are scheduled in Texas in the first five months of the year.
Cecilia on January 29, 2006 at 9:51 PM We Love Marion "Dud" Dudley and Arthur "Squirt" Brown in Tuscaloosa,Alabama.Texas Death chambers cannot stop the flow of Love regardless as to what you inject into their flesh.
blogs.amnestyusa.org /death-penalty/archive/2006/01/26/1uhhx4hmbjc8w.htm   (503 words)

  
 Bill Tracking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The following bills listed by topic is an inconclusive list of bills that have been filed and may be of interest to juvenile justice practitioners.
The following bills that may affect the Texas Juvenile Justice System are provided as an information service of this agency and may not be an all inclusive list.
Relating to the creation, composition, jurisdiction, and terms of court of judicial districts, to the election of a local administrative district judge for certain counties, to the juvenile board in certain counties, and to the district courts in certain counties.
www.tjpc.state.tx.us /about_us/divisions/legislative/BillTracking.htm   (1404 words)

  
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The Texas Supreme Court subsequently overruled Open Records Decision No. 657 (1997), finding that the court was not a governmental body under the Act and that its records were therefore not subject to the Act.
On the other hand, specific records regarding individuals on probation and subject to the direct supervision of a court that are held by a community supervision and corrections department are not subject to the public Information Act because such records are held on behalf of the judiciary;
However, the individual's right of access to private information about that individual under section 552.023 does not override exceptions to disclosure in the Public Information Act or confidentiality laws protecting some interest other than that individual's privacy.
www.oag.state.tx.us /AG_Publications/txts/2002publicinfohb.htm   (15653 words)

  
 Steve Bates, The Yellow Doggerel Democrat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The platform committee of the Texas Democratic Party reported, and the platform vote was held, after I left the convention because of my broken foot.
Texas Democrats extend our deepest sympathies to all victims of crime and especially to the family members of murder victims, and we strongly support their rights.
The frequency of executions and inadequacies in our criminal justice system increase the likelihood that an innocent person will be executed.
www.stephenbates.com /yellowdoggereldemocrat/doggerel_200407.htm   (6878 words)

  
 The Tennessee-Texas Land Company
This colonization was to be by contract, and the amount of land received would be contingent upon the individual empressario's ability to comply with his contract.
The final figures of the total number involved may seem to fluctuate a bit since a given entry may be for a large family as well as for a single individual.
That his brother, J.W. McKean, Brock and Alexander abandoned the contract, failing to perform their part of it."----the same document also states "That J.L. Wood and wife were married when they came to this country and were one of the seventeen families introduced into the colony by Matthews and McKean, that Mrs.
www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/tenntexland.htm   (862 words)

  
 The BEAST: America's Best Fiend   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sentence: Wrongly convicted and summarily executed by intrauterine electrocution on national television, so horrifying the nation that capital punishment is thenceforth outlawed.
After mega-lawyer Bert Fields threatened to sue The BEAST over Cruise’s inclusion in last year’s Loathsome List, we responded by giving him the editorial finger, and bracing ourselves for the legal spanking of our lives.
Charges: Has made a career of releasing an annual list judging the most superficial members of society based solely on their most superficial aspects.
buffalobeast.com /91/50.htm   (6703 words)

  
 Significant Terrorist Incidents 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology
TWA Hijacking, June 14, 1985: A Trans-World Airlines flight was hijacked en route to Rome from Athens by two Lebanese Hizballah terrorists and forced to fly to Beirut.
The tribesmen sought the release of two fellow tribesmen who were arrested on smuggling charges and several public works projects they claim the government promised them.
Assassination of an AID Official, October 28, 2002: Gunmen in Amman assassinated Laurence Foley, Executive Officer of the U.S. Agency for International Development Mission in Jordan.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/pubs/fs/5902.htm   (10877 words)

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