The Catholic bishops of Texas praised Gov. Greg Abbott for stopping the execution of death-row inmate Thomas Whitaker shortly before he was to be put to death Feb. 22. Whitaker will now serve life in ...

In 1996, Kenneth Eugene Smith was convicted of committing a murder for hire in 1988, stabbing Elizabeth Sennett to death on behalf of her husband. The husband died by suicide when he became a suspect ...

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Thomas Whitaker appears in a booking photo by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville, Texas. The Texas Catholic bishops said Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to stop the execution of ...