Court tosses death sentence of Texas longest-serving death row inmate
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April 14 (UPI) Raymond Riles has been on Texas death row longer than anyone else, first sent there in 1976. Despite several execution dates being set, he has repeatedly been deemed mentally incompetent to be put to death, instead lingering on the row and the prison s psychiatric units for more than 45 years. At one point, he set himself on fire and was hospitalized for months.
On Wednesday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals tossed his death sentence.
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The state court sent his case back to Harris County to again determine his punishment because the jury wasn t instructed to weigh his mental illness when deciding between a punishment of life in prison or death. The Harris County District Attorney s Office, which supported tossing the sentence, did not immediately respond to questions Wednesday as to whether the office would again seek the death penalty. His conviction of capital murd
Harris County deputy fatally shoots man holding knife in ‘mental health crisis’
Family said man had schizophrenia and was bipolar
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Deputy shoots, kills knife-wielding man in ‘mental health crisis’ in northeast Harris County, authorities say
HOUSTON – A Houston area man whose family says had a history of mental illness was fatally shot early Wednesday by a deputy after authorities allege he threatened the officer with a knife.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to the man’s home after his wife had called authorities around 1 a.m. because he was in a “mental health crisis, said Assistant Chief Mike Lee.
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Family of Rhogena Nicholas alleges HPD using overtime fraud allegations as raid cover-up KTRK
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New court documents filed on behalf of the family of a woman killed in a botched Houston Police Department raid in 2019 allege that HPD is trying to use an unrelated matter to cover up her wrongful death.
The filing also accuses the Harris County District Attorney s Office of not reviewing or downloading potential evidence until Feb. 26, 2021, weeks after the office announced it was closing its investigation into the raid.
On the afternoon of Jan. 28, 2019, Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas were shot to death in their home at 7815 Harding Street in southeast Houston after police initiated a no-knock raid involving a drug warrant.
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