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Eric Williams was found guilty of capital murder [20] at his trial in Rockwall County on December 4, 2014. [21] He was sentenced on December 17, 2014, to die by lethal injection. [22] As of October 2021, Eric Lyle Williams is incarcerated in the Polunsky Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) [23] [24] and
In December 2014, a jury convicted Eric Williams of capital murder in the 2013 death of Cynthia McLelland. A judge then sentenced him to death. Kim Williams pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. [4] Author Casey attended Eric Williams's trial as part of her research for the book.
Wirskye assisted prosecutor Toby Shook in prosecuting the Texas Seven. [7] The death penalty was secured against all of the surviving members of the infamous prison group. In 2013, Wirskye was the lead prosecutor on the capital murder case against the Kaufman County DA murderer, Eric Williams.
Nov. 8—Over 30 years after the Lindhurst High School school shooting, 52-year-old death row inmate Eric Houston is filing another appeal, claiming that a developmental disability should overturn ...
One of the suspects convicted in the murder of an Irving, Texas police officer nearly 24 years ago will be granted a new trial after a ruling from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Peled pleaded guilty to the same charges in an earlier trial in December 2020 but did so after reaching a plea deal after agreeing to cooperate with authorities. He also faces sentencing in 2024.
The state Supreme Court canceled Williams' scheduled execution in 2015, allowing time for further DNA testing. Just hours before Williams was again scheduled to be executed in 2017, then-Gov. Eric Greitens also canceled the lethal injection amid DNA questions. Greitens appointed a board of retired judges to investigate the case.
All of the 248 people (246 males and 2 females) during this period were convicted of murder and have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. [1] [2] The count is the most of any decade in Texas history, surpassing the 166 executions from the previous decade (1990–1999).