Texas lawmakers approved a sweeping package to overhaul the state’s bail system, a longtime priority of Gov. Greg Abbott’s.

A new execution date has been set for a Rusk County man on death row for beating a toddler to death with a hammer in 2008. Blaine Keith Milam, 36, along with his then-girlfriend, Jessica Carson, were ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) - Body cameras are now required to be worn by all uniformed staff at Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) maximum security prisons. A Polk County unit joins the roll ...

Texas state Rep. Manuel, Christian (left) speaks including other Texas House of Representatives attend a press conference outside of TDCJ Polunsky Unit following a visitation to Robert Roberson ...

A judge could set a new execution date for no sooner than 90 days from now, though Roberson has a pending appeal.

In Texas, from 1819 to 1923, people in Texas were put to death by hanging. ... The men are housed in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston in single cells with a window, ...

Texas death row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson poses for a photo in a visiting cage at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit outside Livingston, Texas, on Dec. 5, 2012.

FILE - Texas death row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson poses for a photo in a visiting cage at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit outside Livingston, Texas, on Dec. 5, 2012. (AP ...

Robert Roberson photographed at the TDCJ Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas. Texas lawmakers probing the validity of evidence used to convict Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson heard testimony ...

(KSLA) — A 52-year-old Shreveport man now sits on Death Row in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, for killing an East Texas sheriff’s deputy five years ago. Gregory Dewayne Newson is set to die ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) - Body cameras are now required to be worn by all uniformed staff at Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) maximum security prisons. A Polk County unit joins the roll ...