AltWeeklies Wire
Texas Still Executes Mentally Retarded Criminals ... For Nownew
Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ban, Texas has continued to send mentally retarded criminals to death row. Will Daniel Plata's case correct this injustice?
The Texas Observer |
Renée Feltz |
04-19-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Will Mexican Immigrant's Case End Texas' Exectutions of the Mentally Disabled?new
A lack of oxygen had damaged his brain during birth, so an hour into his life, and 20 years before he would be sentenced to die in Texas, Daniel Plata was already being tested for mental retardation.
The Texas Observer |
Renée Feltz |
01-21-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Austin Activist Admits He Infiltrated RNC Protest Groupnew
Brandon Darby has acknowledged that he provided information to the FBI leading to the arrest and felony indictment of two Austin men who participated in protests last September at the Republican National Convention.
The Texas Observer |
Renee Feltz |
01-07-2009 |
Politics
