MetaFilter posts tagged with Texas and DeathRow

Medication makes you feel better on death row

Roger Dodger — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:47:29 -0800

Steven Staley was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1991. A few days before his execution in February, he was granted a stay because he was found to be incompetent, a paranoid schizophrenic. Today, the judge has ordered that he be forced to take his medication so he can be legally put to death.

Penitentiary Palate...

bluedaniel — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 13:08:03 -0800

Here are some ideas for Thanksgiving dinner, though not a circumstance I'd like to participate in. If ever there was a time to say Grace before dining, this certainly is one of those times. Pumpkin pie anyone?

the plot sickens

donkeyschlong — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 09:18:49 -0800

"Mr. Banks, a man with no prior criminal record, is most likely innocent of the charge that put him on death row. Fearing a tragic miscarriage of justice, three former federal judges (including William Sessions, a former director of the F.B.I.) have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to block Wednesday's execution.

"So far, no one seems to be listening." [via atrios]

solistrato — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 13:35:20 -0800

Your quote of the day: "She said harm should not be presumed just because the lawyer 'intermittently dozed and actually fell asleep.'" Because, y'know, the inmate's only on Death Row in Texas.

palegirl — Sat, 10 Jun 2000 20:30:22 -0800

texas death row inmate severs chaplain's arm with razor: "A Texas death row inmate Friday grabbed the arm of a volunteer chaplain, tied it with a sheet to a toilet and nearly sawed it off with a razor blade. "It was just hanging by some threads," said a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

tremendo — Tue, 30 May 2000 16:24:08 -0800

Final meal requests . Is the Texas Department of Criminal Justice a bit sadistic or what?