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Texas’ highest criminal court on Thursday blocked Robert Roberson’s execution a week before it was set to take place, sending his capital murder conviction back to trial court.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/10/09/532979/texas-court-blocks-execution-of-death-row-inmate-robert-roberson/

#Crime #CriminalJustice #News #Texas #CapitalMurder #Executions #RobertRoberson #TexasExecution

State prosecutors said they will not seek the death penalty against Channel Yonko, a Houston woman charged with capital murder in connection with the death of her infant daughter. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/09/18/531252/prosecutors-wont-seek-death-penalty-against-houston-woman-accused-in-infant-daughters-death/

#CriminalJustice #News #CapitalMurder #DeathPenalty #GalvestonCounty #GalvestonRecords

A Harris County man accused of murdering his parents was being held in jail Monday on a $4 million bond.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2025/08/18/528875/harris-county-man-accused-of-murdering-parents-has-bond-set-to-4-million/

#Court #Crime #Local #News #CapitalMurder #Crosby #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyJail #HarrisCountySheriffSOffice

A Texas prisoner has pleaded guilty to killing a 27-year-old correctional officer from the Houston area in 2023. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/06/18/524309/texas-prisoner-pleads-guilty-to-capital-murder-in-2023-death-of-correctional-officer-from-houston-area/

#Crime #CriminalJustice #Local #News #Texas #CapitalMurder #JovianMotley #Lovelady #Tdcj #TexasDepartmentOfCriminalJustice #TexasPrisons

A Harris County jury on Friday issued a death sentence to Oscar Rosales, who killed Harris County Precinct 5 Cpl. Charles Galloway during a traffic stop in 2022.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/06/13/524034/oscar-rosales-sentenced-to-death-for-killing-harris-county-precinct-5-cpl-charles-galloway/

#Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #CapitalMurder #CorporalCharlesGalloway #DeathPenalty #DeathSentence #HarrisCountyJury #OscarRosales

Houston Mayor John Whitmire waded into the debate over bond as the issue has become a central point of contention in elections of judges to local criminal courts — as well as the subject of a potential amendment to the Texas Constitution.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/04/21/519355/mayor-whitmire-inflates-number-of-accused-murderers-on-houston-streets-as-lawmakers-consider-bond-reform/

#CityOfHouston #Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #Houston #HoustonMayor #Local #News #Politics #Texas #BailReform #CapitalMurder #HoustonCityCouncil #HoustonMayorJohnWhitmire #JudgeHilaryUnger #TexasBailReform

Minutes into a Monday jury trial to determine Xavier Davis' role in the 2021 slaying of a Houston family of three, the 32-year-old man pleaded guilty to capital murder charges ahead of opening statements in the case.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/03/24/516728/xavier-davis-pleads-guilty-to-2021-triple-murder-of-houston-family/

#Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #Houston #Local #News #CapitalMurder #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #HoustonAttorneys #HoustonCourts #Prosecutors #TripleMurder

Prosecutors with the Galveston County District Attorney's Office have not yet made a decision on whether to seek the death penalty against Channel Yonko, a Houston woman charged with capital murder in the death of her infant daughter.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/galveston/2025/03/11/515795/galveston-prosecutors-weigh-death-penalty-for-woman-accused-in-infant-daughters-murder/

#Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #Galveston #Local #News #CapitalMurder #CourtCases #GalvestonCounty #GalvestonCountyCourts #GalvestonCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #JackRoady

He’s Using #Autism as a Defense for a #CapitalMurder. It Might Work.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/03/autism-idaho-university-capital-murder-defense.html

Two teenagers wanted in connection to the death of a Galveston County woman were arrested Sunday in Laredo, according to the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/galveston/2025/02/10/513451/two-teens-arrested-for-galveston-county-capital-murder/

#Court #Crime #Galveston #Local #News #BacliffMurder #CapitalMurder #GalvestonCounty #GalvestonCountySheriffSOffice #Laredo

A man accused of killing five people near Houston in 2023 after a neighbor complained he was keeping a baby awake by firing a gun in his yard pleaded guilty to murder and will serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/01/30/512415/man-who-killed-five-people-near-houston-after-neighbor-complained-about-gunfire-gets-life-in-prison/

#Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #Guns #Local #News #CapitalMurder #ClevelandMassShooting #ClevelandTexasShooting #FranciscoOropeza #PrisonSentence #SanJacintoCounty

Outgoing Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg says her office will seek the death penalty against two men accused in the sexual assault and killing of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/12/13/508681/harris-county-da-to-seek-death-penalty-against-men-accused-of-killing-jocelyn-nungaray/

#Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Local #News #CapitalMurder #DAKimOgg #DeathPenalty #DistrictAttorneySOffice #HoustonProsecutors #JocelynNungaray

Child Protective Services is investigating after allegations a Houston woman dropped her 17-month-old daughter off of the third floor balcony of a Galveston hotel this week. The woman has a prior history with CPS, officials said.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/police/2024/10/25/504073/woman-charged-for-galveston-death-of-infant-has-history-with-cps-officials-say/

#News #Police #CapitalMurder #Galveston #PoliceCar

A capital murder charge was filed against a Houston woman in connection to the death of her infant daughter who was discovered abandoned near the Galveston Seawall on Wednesday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/police/2024/10/24/503897/houston-woman-charged-with-capital-murder-in-connection-to-infant-daughters-death-in-galveston/

#News #Police #CapitalMurder #Galveston #GalvestonPoliceDepartment #GalvestonSeawall

A judge Thursday set a $7 million bond for a man accused of shooting and killing a 90-year-old veteran in southwest Houston last weekend.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/09/05/498660/7-million-bond-set-for-man-accused-in-90-year-old-houston-veterans-murder/

#CriminalJustice #Local #News #Police #CapitalMurder #DistrictAttorney #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #MurderSuspect

A second person was arrested and charged in connection to the shooting and killing of Deputy Fernando Esqueda. Court documents assert the second suspect was charged with capital murder and one count of tampering with physical evidence.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2024/07/15/493468/second-person-charged-in-connection-to-shooting-killing-of-harris-county-deputy/

#Crime #News #CapitalMurder #DeputyDeath #HarrisCountySheriffSOffice #HoustonCrime

A Houston judge has denied bond for a man who called police on Saturday to report a home invasion and subsequently was arrested and accused of killing three family members inside his apartment.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2024/06/24/491566/bond-denied-for-houston-man-accused-of-killing-three-family-members-after-reporting-home-invasion/

#Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #Houston #Local #News #BondHearing #CapitalMurder #HomeInvasion #HoustonCrime #HoustonPoliceDepartment #ShootingDeath

3 people were killed & 10 wounded in a #MassShooting at a grocery store in #Fordyce, AR Fri.

Of the 10 wounded, 2 were police officers. The shooter, identified as 44-yr-old #TravisEugenePosey, was also wounded & taken into custody.

Posey, a resident of New Edinburg, is expected to be charged w/3 counts of #CapitalMurder, w/additional charges pending, acc/to an #Arkansas State Police news release.

#GunControl #GunLaws #law #UniversalBackgroundChecks #RedFlagLaws
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A Houston man convicted of killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter in 2001 will be removed from death row after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals narrowly determined he is intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible to be executed.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/04/19/484132/houston-man-convicted-of-murdering-toddler-in-2001-to-be-removed-from-death-row-over-intellectual-disability/

#Court #Crime #CriminalJustice #HarrisCounty #Houston #Local #News #CapitalMurder #DeathRow #DestinyFlores #HarrisCountyDistrictAttorneySOffice #TexasCourtOfCriminalAppeals #TomasGallo

⚡️ Fourth suspect, Tyreek Smith, arrested for shooting into a vehicle in Wilcox County, resulting in the murder of a two-year-old. U.S. Marshal Fugitive Task Force apprehended Smith in California and extradited him back to Wilcox County. Indicted on charges including capital murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle. Investigation ongoing, contact 682-4715 with any information. #WilcoxCounty #CapitalMurder #Meadowbrook #Arrest https://www.riskmap.com/incidents/1938159/articles/195708564/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon