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- SAN ANTONIO – The Texas DPS trooper who fatally shot a man in Converse in April is defending his actions in response to a wrongful death lawsuit. Attorneys for Trooper Apolonio Gomez filed a response in federal court, asserting that the shooting of Luis Navarro was justified, claiming Navarro aggressively advanced on him and never surrendered.
Aug 29, 2024 · A wrongfully convicted Texas man who spent 34 years in prison for a killing in the 1980s was exonerated Thursday, saying that while he couldn’t get those years back, he was happy and moving...
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Patrolman Robert Wood was shot to death during a traffic stop on November 28, 1976, by sixteen-year-old David Ray Harris, who framed Adams to avoid prosecution himself.
May 25, 2021 · Alfred Dewayne Brown, a Black man who was wrongfully convicted in the 2003 murder of a Houston police officer and freed from death row, has been seeking compensation, which the Texas Supreme...
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Feb 28, 2024 · HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who had long claimed his conviction more than 20 years ago was based on false testimony and questionable evidence was executed Wednesday for fatally...
Aug 29, 2024 · A Texas man who spent 34 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted has been exonerated. A Dallas County judge granted a motion by prosecutors on Thursday to dismiss an aggravated robbery charge against 59-year-old Benjamin Spencer in the carjacking and death of Jeffrey Young.
The state of Texas executed Ivan Abner Cantu, a 50-year-old Dallas native who maintained his innocence and garnered support from celebrities asking for his life to be spared, on Wednesday...
Jun 25, 2011 · Randall Dale Adams, who spent 12 years in prison before his conviction in the murder of a Dallas police officer was thrown out largely on the basis of evidence uncovered by a filmmaker, died...
