SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ON KATRINA RELIEF
Texas Governor Rick Perry testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the presidents request for additional Gulf Coast aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and Rita, in Washington on March 7, 2006. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas, June 3 (UPI) -- The execution of Terry Lee Hankins was the 200th to take place in Texas during Gov. Rick Perry's 8 1/2 years in office, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
AUSTIN, Texas, May 22 (UPI) -- A Texas lawmaker says he had to amend a death penalty measure that would have prohibited execution for defendants who didn't kill anyone.
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