Texas executes man caught years after crime by DNA

26 January 2012, 6:03 pm

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas executed a convicted murderer by lethal injection on Thursday, administering the ultimate punishment to a man who had been paroled for an assault in Michigan when his DNA linked him to a years-old murder in San Antonio. Rodrigo Hernandez, 38, was convicted of sexually... Read More »

One of the infamous 'Texas 7' wins stay

25 January 2012, 7:00 pm

One of the infamous "Texas 7" fugitive gang has won a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court one week before his scheduled execution.... Read More »

'Texas 7' Inmate Wins Execution Reprieve

25 January 2012, 3:57 pm

One of the infamous "Texas 7" fugitive gang has won a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court one week before his scheduled execution.... Read More »

"Texas 7" gang member wins execution reprieve

25 January 2012, 2:32 pm

One of the infamous "Texas 7" fugitive gang has won a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court one week before his scheduled execution.... Read More »

Texas readies to execute 2 former "Texas 7" fugitives, amid uptick in scheduled executions

24 January 2012, 7:40 pm

Former Irving Police Chief: "We don't take lightly the assault and murder of a police officer." With clear emotion in his voice, Chief Lowell Cannaday talked about why he feels a strong sense of duty to attend the executions of the men who murdered one of his officers.... Read More »

Police Establish Timeline in Fatal Irving Canal Crash

6 January 2012, 6:14 pm

Irving police have established a timeline leading up to the crash that killed three people in a Las Colinas canal early Wednesday morning.... Read More »

Irving Police Figure Out Timeline In Deadly Canal Car Crash

6 January 2012, 3:42 pm

Police Say Last Place Trio Was Scene Was At A Strip Club Irving, Texas police said they had put together a timeline of events that led up to a car crash in a canal that killed three people.... Read More »

Third body recovered after car plunges into Dallas canal

5 January 2012, 12:27 pm

IRVING, TEXAS - Police say a third body has been recovered after a sports car plunged into a Dallas-area canal. YouTube Video:  No YouTube read more... Read More »

3 bodies found in wrecked car in Irving canal

5 January 2012, 11:35 am

IRVING, Texas (AP) - Police say a third body has been recovered after a sports car plunged into a Dallas-area canal. Irving police say divers on Thursday located a man's body in the water at the Las Colinas Canal.... Read More »

2 bodies found in wrecked car in Irving canal

5 January 2012, 8:20 am

IRVING, Texas (AP) - Police say the bodies of a man and a woman have been found in a submerged sports car in a Dallas-area canal. Irving police say the wrecked car, in the apparent traffic accident, was located Wednesday afternoon.... Read More »