Death-row execution halted to test evidence in Texas case
A Bexar County judge halted Caruthers Alexander’s scheduled execution to permit modern DNA testing on hair found with the victim. The 1981 San Antonio rape and strangling case raises questions about evidence reanalysis and potential race factors, with prosecutors funding the roughly 2500 dollar test.
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Convicted wife killer Richardson denied new sentencing bid
In Dallas County Patrick Timothy Richardson, who strangled his wife with a lamp cord and nearly decapitated her with scissors in front of their three children, lost his bid for a new sentencing hearing amid claims of jury room misconduct. Juror Curtis Kling described deliberations and said some jurors discussed parole impacts and allegedly pressured a harsher sentence, while Wade denied the motion for a new sentencing. The May verdict set 60 years after a jury rejected claims of a passionate killing, with some jurors calling for fairness and others criticizing the process.
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Teen gets 60 year sentence for fatal stabbing and attacks
Allen Joseph Menard, 17, was sentenced to 40 years for the Nov. 4 murder of his mother Rosalie Cornett Menard and 20 more years on two counts of aggravated assault for stabbing his younger brothers. He will be eligible for parole in 20 years.
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