Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 20, 2009. The TX Board of Pardons voted to spare the life of Robert Lee Thompson, who took part in a robbery that led to a murder. The killer is serving life. Perry chose to kill him anyway.
Liz Langley, Liz Langley's Blog AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. November 18, 2009. It's rare a story about banning gay marriage actually has a silver lining.
AlterNetNovember 5, 2009. Army psychiatrist suspected of massacre survived return fire from authorities and is in custody and hospitalized in stable condition.
Carter Pagel, AlterNet. October 21, 2009. 28-year-old Reginald Blanton is scheduled to die on October 27th despite serious doubts about his guilt. Does Gov. Rick Perry want more innocent blood on his hands?
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. October 16, 2009. Khristian Oliver is set to be executed next month, after jurors used Old Testament passages to determine whether he should live or die.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. October 15, 2009. As the corporate media picks up on the tragic story of Cameron Todd Willingham, Gov. Perry is going to desperate lengths to cover it up.
Bob Moser, Texas Observer AlterNet: PEEK. October 5, 2009. Perry has suddenly replaced three members of a commission scheduled to investigate the case of Cameron Todd Willingham. But he can't hide the truth.
Lee Camp, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. September 21, 2009. Cameron Todd Willingham was executed in 2004 for a fire that killed his three young daughters. Now it looks like he didn't do it. Oops!
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. September 9, 2009. This is the man who once expressed concern for the nation's students by asking: "Is our children learning?"
Lucile Malandain, Agence France Presse. September 8, 2009. Opponents of the death penalty hope the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas, will be a turning point towards abolition.
Suzanne Ito, Blog of Rights AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. September 7, 2009. Cameron Todd Willingham's last words were: "I have been persecuted 12 years for something I didn't do."
Forrest Wilder, Texas Observer. September 1, 2009. "Sovereignty or Secession" rally in Austin draws a crowd, but GOP Gov. Rick Perry, who has encouraged the right-wing fringe, was nowhere to be found.
Matt Corley, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. August 31, 2009. Another speaker was overheard telling a pro-healthcare reform advocate, "Go back to the U.S. where you belong."
The Innocence Project, AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 31, 2009. The tragic case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was falsely accused of setting a fire that killed his children -- and then executed for it.
Lee Fang, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. August 22, 2009. Students will be expected "to identify significant conservative advocacy organizations and individuals," like Newt Gingrich and the Moral Majority.
Ben Armbruster, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. July 16, 2009. So-called "experts" are pushing for more emphasis on religion's role in the colonies while aiming to eliminate actual historical events.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. June 29, 2009. Ft. Worth police arrested seven customers for public intoxication, claiming several customers made sexual advances toward them.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. June 2, 2009. Today marks the 200th execution under Perry, a record even deadlier than George W. Bush's tenure. What's the matter with Texas?
Forrest Wilder, Texas Observer. May 19, 2009. Groundwater is threatened by drought, overpumping and the loss of natural recharge. Too bad the state's laissez-faire water laws won't help.
Jason Leopold, TruthOut.org. April 27, 2009. Ignoring the 1983 case is just one of the flagrant violations committed by Bush lawyers who crafted the newly released "torture memos."
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. April 27, 2009. "Imagine the outcries of patriotism (or lack thereof) if Massachusetts or New York hinted at secession during the Bush years."
