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Tuesday, December 11, 2012  A Brownsville man has been taken off death row but now lawyers with the ACLU are working to set him free.

Thursday, September 22, 2011  A prominent Texas state senator wants the Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials to stop providing a special meals to death row inmates before their execution.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011  John Allen Rubio, the man convicted twice already for killing three children in Brownsville in 2003 gets an automatic appeal after getting sentenced to death last year.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010  A Rio Grande Valley man is expected to get executed tonight almost 20 years after he killed two teens in La Feria.

Sunday, November 08, 2009  Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon will visit 12 venues in 7 cities

Wednesday, July 01, 2009  It was six years ago that three black trash bags were pulled from a Brownsville apartment, inside them, the dismembered bodies of three little children.  And now the man that confessed to their murders, fights to stay off death row.

Monday, January 19, 2009  The International Court of Justice has ruled that the United States defied its order when authorities in Texas last year executed a Mexican convicted of rape and murder.

Friday, January 09, 2009  A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008  The execution of a La Feria native Rogelio Cannady has been put on hold following an order by a state district judge.

Monday, October 27, 2008  A Cameron County jury gave the death penalty to a Brownsville man convicted for the death of a 1-year-old boy.