McCurley Awaits Trial in Tarrant County For 1974 Murder of Carla Walker
(Fort Worth, TX) – The Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office today filed paperwork seeking a sentence of life in prison, not the death penalty, for Glen Samuel McCurley, 78. McCurley was arrested on a charge of capital murder September 21, 2020, for the 1974 murder of Carla Walker.
“The decision to seek or not to seek the death penalty is one of the most important decisions this office makes,” Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney Sharen Wilson said.
“After much analysis, and with the support of the family of Carla Walker, we have determined that justice would best be served in this case by waiving the death penalty and seeking a sentence which ensures this Defendant will spend the rest of his days in prison.”
Controversial Police Encounters Fast Facts
Here’s a look at controversial police encounters that have prompted protests over the past three decades. This select list includes cases in which police officers were charged or a grand jury was convened.
1991 – Los Angeles – Rodney King
March 3, 1991 – LAPD officers beat motorist Rodney King after he leads police on a high-speed chase through Los Angeles County. George Holliday videotapes the beating from his apartment balcony. The video shows police beating King more than 50 times with their batons. Over 20 officers are present at the scene, mostly from the LAPD. King suffers 11 fractures and other injuries.
April 24, 2018 Law360 (April 23, 2018, 2:50 PM EDT) The receiver for victims of the Robert Allen Stanford Ponzi scheme has reached a confidential settlement in a clawback case against Stanford s onetime general counsel, and both parties asked a Texas federal judge Friday to pause the suit to give the attorney time to comply with theÃÂ .
Her Ballot Didnât Count. She Faces 5 Years in Prison for Casting It.
A Texas woman is appealing her conviction of voting illegally in the 2016 election. A lawyer says her prosecution âguts the entire purpose of the provisional ballot system.â
Crystal Mason was sentenced to five years in prison for casting an illegal provisional ballot during the 2016 presidential election. The ballot was never counted.Credit.Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News, via Associated Press
April 3, 2021
On Election Day 2016, Crystal Mason went to vote after her mother insisted that she make her voice heard in the presidential election. When her name didnât appear on official voting rolls at her polling place in Tarrant County, Texas, she filled out a provisional ballot, not thinking anything of it.
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