Entries tagged with “Kim Ogg”

Policy Issues

Mental Illness

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Time on Death Row

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Feb 08, 2021

Harris County DA Seeks to Vacate Sentence for Nation’s Longest-Serving Death-Row Prisoner

The Harris County District Attorney’s office has asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to overturn the death sentence imposed on Raymond Riles (pictured), the nation’s longest-serving death-ro…

Facts & Research

Sentencing Data

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Executions Overview

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Dec 05, 2017

No Executions in the “Capital of Capital Punishment” for First Time in 30 Years

Harris County (Houston), Texas, has executed 126 prisoners since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Texas’s capital punishment statute in 1976, more than any other county in the United States and, apart from the rest o…

Policy Issues

Mental Illness

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Time on Death Row

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Jun 10, 2021

Raymond Riles, the Nation’s Longest Serving Death-Row Prisoner, is Resentenced to Life

Raymond Riles (pictured), the nation’s longest serving death-row prisoner, has been resentenced to life. On June 9, 2021, Harris County, Texas District Judge Ana Martinez imposed the life sentence via a Z…