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Wednesday, May 15, 2013  The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ordered a hearing to address allegations raised in an appeal from a woman sent to death row for the 1996 robbery and slaying of an 80-year-old Amarillo man at his apartment.

Friday, January 27, 2012  On wednesday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the conviction of an Amarillo man who is serving 60 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011  The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has refused an appeal from a woman on death row for the 1996 robbery and slaying of an 80-year-old Amarillo man at his apartment.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010  Texas drivers must display license plates on the front bumpers of their vehicles.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010  Condemned murderer Jonathan Green has been spared from execution,

Wednesday, June 30, 2010  The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted relief to Mandis Barrow.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010  The state's highest criminal court says money-laundering statutes can be used in the prosecution of aides to former U.S. Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010  The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has refused to halt the scheduled execution next week of a man convicted of a triple slaying in Pampa in the Texas Panhandle more than 16 years ago.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010  The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has thrown out the death sentence of a convicted killer whose case has been dogged by admissions of an affair between his trial judge and the prosecutor.

Thursday, February 18, 2010  Prosecutors urged a state panel Wednesday to punish a Texas judge for refusing to keep her court open past 5 p.m. to hear a last-minute appeal by a death-row inmate, and to ignore a key report that says she had been humiliated enough.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010  Prosecutors who put a Texas judge on trial for refusing to keep her appeals court open while a death row inmate awaited execution say she still deserves punishment .

Tuesday, July 28, 2009  Condemned killers in Texas will get more support with appeals when a state-backed office opens in 2010.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009  An inmate from San Antonio had his death sentence commuted to life Wednesday after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decided he was mentally impaired and ineligible for execution.

Wednesday, April 01, 2009  The state's highest criminal court has ordered Ricky Eugene Kerr returned to Bexar County for a new punishment hearing.