Texas governor further shakes up panel set to investigate arson finding that led to execution

September 30th, 2009 Va. gov: No reason to stop sniper executionRICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov.

September 30th, 2009 Panel investigating arson finding cancels meetingDALLAS — A report concluding a faulty investigation led to a Texas man's execution won't be reviewed by a state board as planned Friday after Gov. Rick Perry abruptly removed three people from the panel, forcing the meeting's cancellation.

September 30th, 2009 3 Texas commissioners looking into arson dismissedDALLAS — A report concluding a faulty investigation led to a Texas man's execution won't be reviewed by a state board as planned Friday after Gov. Rick Perry abruptly removed three people from the panel, forcing the meeting's cancellation.

September 26th, 2009 Texas panel reviews ruling that led to executionCORSICANA, Texas — More than five years after his final act from the Texas death chamber gurney was a profanity-filled tirade, the murder case of executed inmate Cameron Todd Willingham refuses to die. Willingham was executed in February 2004 — proclaiming his innocence and hoping aloud that his wife would "rot in hell" — for the deaths of his three young daughters in a fire at their Corsicana home on Dec.

September 16th, 2009 Guards watch Ohio inmate after execution delayLUCASVILLE, Ohio — A condemned inmate whose execution was stopped because of problems finding a usable vein will remain at the maximum security prison where death row inmates usually are held for a day before being put to death. Ohio prisons spokeswoman Julie Walburn says inmate Romell Broom has been placed in a cell in the infirmary at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville and will remain there over the next week.

September 16th, 2009 Texas man executed for drug dealer's slayingHUNTSVILLE, Texas — Condemned Texas killer Stephen Moody has been executed for the shooting death of a Houston man during a robbery 18 years ago. The 52-year-old Moody had asked that no last-minute appeals be filed to try to block his lethal injection Wednesday evening.

September 15th, 2009 Ohio execution delayed week after vein troublesLUCASVILLE, Ohio — Gov. Ted Strickland ordered a weeklong reprieve for a condemned inmate on Tuesday after the Ohio execution team had problems finding usable veins for the lethal injection even after the inmate joined in the effort and tried to help.

September 15th, 2009 Ohio execution preparations halted pending appealLUCASVILLE, Ohio — Ohio prison officials have halted execution preparations for a man who raped and stabbed to death a 14-year-old girl pending the results of an appeal before a full federal appeals court. Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections Julie Walburn said Tuesday that prison officials were holding off on final preparations for lethal injection of Romell Broom.

September 15th, 2009 Appeals court refuses to halt Ohio executionLUCASVILLE, Ohio — A federal appeals court has refused to halt the execution of an Ohio man who raped a 14-year-old girl and stabbed her to death. The 6th U.S.

September 15th, 2009 Ohio execution delayed 1 week after vein troublesLUCASVILLE, Ohio — Gov. Ted Strickland ordered a weeklong reprieve for a condemned inmate on Tuesday after the Ohio execution team had problems finding the inmate's veins during the lethal injection process.

September 3rd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - The massive fire that has burned more than 58,000 hectares around Los Angeles was sparked by arson, California authorities said. Two firefighters were killed while battling the blaze, and police have now launched homicide investigations, officials said Thursday.

August 30th, 2009 HOUSTON — Arson charges have been dropped against the wife of a Texas Supreme Court justice in a fire that destroyed their home in a Houston suburb. The Harris County District Attorney's Office dismissed felony arson and felony criminal mischief charges against Francisca Medina, the wife of Justice David Medina.

August 27th, 2009 Report: Faulty fire investigation led to executionDALLAS — A fire investigation that led to the execution of a man in the deaths of his three young children was so seriously flawed that its conclusion of arson can't be supported, a fire expert hired by the state said in a new report. In a report to the Texas Forensic Science Commission released Tuesday, Craig Beyler said the fire investigation in Cameron Todd Willingham's case didn't adhere to the standards of care in place at the time, nor to current standards.

July 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi Tuesday threatened statewide protests in August if investigation into the arson attack on her house was not handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). "We do not have any trust in the state government.

July 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi Tuesday threatened statewide protests in August if investigation into the arson attack on her house was not handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). "We do not have any trust in the state government.