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Feb 22, 2018 · In March 2007, a jury convicted Bart Whitaker of the capital murder of his mother and his younger brother, and he was sentenced to death. The shooter, Brashear, received life in prison without parole.
On February 22, 2018, about 40 minutes before his scheduled 6:00 P.M. execution, Whitaker had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole by Abbott, the first such commutation by Abbott and the first in the state since 2007, in which Governor Rick Perry commuted Kenneth Foster 's death sentence. [ 2][ 3] As...
Feb 23, 2018 · With just 30 minutes until he was due to die via lethal injection, Thomas “Bart” Whitaker’s life was spared on Thursday. The Texas man was to be executed for trying to kill his entire family.
Nov 7, 2017 · The Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed early Tuesday that Thomas Whitaker is scheduled to go to the Huntsville death chamber on Feb. 22, 2018. The date was set just weeks after...
Feb 23, 2018 · The execution was set for 6 p.m. Thursday. The announcement from the governor came in just before 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Whitaker will now serve life in prison without the possibility of...
Feb 23, 2018 · Bart Whitaker was just 40 minutes from being executed Thursday night for the 2003 deaths of his mother and younger brother, before Governor Abbott stepped in.
Feb 23, 2018 · Thomas “Bart” Whitaker's sentence was commuted to life in prison with no chance for parole for masterminding the fatal shootings of his mother and brother. Abbott accepted the state parole...
Feb 22, 2018 · SUGAR LAND, Texas (KTRK) -- About 40 minutes before Bart Whitaker was scheduled to be executed, the governor spoke. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has chosen to commute the execution of the Sugar Land...
Feb 23, 2018 · Thomas Bartlett Whitaker wasn’t supposed to be alive now. He was scheduled to be the fourth person executed in Texas this year, sentenced to death for coordinating the 2003 Sugar Land murders of his mom and brother and the attempted murder of his dad. He wanted the insurance money.
Feb 22, 2018 · SUGAR LAND, Texas — Within minutes of his scheduled execution Thursday evening, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott commuted the death sentence of convicted murder Thomas ‘Bart’ Whitaker of Sugar Land....
