Entries tagged with “Robert Sparks”

Policy Issues

Intellectual Disability

Prosecutorial Accountability

Sentencing Alternatives

Sep 25, 2019

Execution Looms for One Texas Prisoner as Another Receives Stay from Texas Appeals Court

Texas is preparing to execute Robert Sparks (pictured, left), on September 25, 2019, as a second death-row prisoner, Stephen Barbee (pictured, below), received a stay from the Texas Court of Crim…

Policy Issues

Prosecutorial Accountability

Mar 31, 2020

Texas Appeals Court Rejects Recommendation for New Trial for Death-Row Prisoner

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (TCCA) has once again rejected the findings of a trial court that a death-row prisoner was entitled to relief from his conviction or death sentence. Applying a narrow interpretation of …