A lower court had acknowledged that Byron Black’s implanted combination pacemaker-defibrillator could prolong his suffering by shocking his heart after lethal injection.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ordered a trial court to review a death row inmate's case after pausing the man's execution earlier this year.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals remanded a death penalty inmate’s case to trial court after granting him a stay of ...

Tennessee's high court has ruled that a death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator.

Texas' highest appeals court remanded the David Leonard Wood's serial killer death penalty case back to a trial court.

A Polunsky guard has been arrested after failing to act when a death row inmate was stabbed and later died. Civil rights case ...

In February 2024, prison officials launched a new group recreation program at the Polunsky Unit, the state's notoriously ...

Roberson was convicted of capital murder in 2003 for the death of the 2-year-old, who was diagnosed with shaken baby syndrome ...

Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson is asking the state's Court of Criminal Appeals to stay his October execution.

A judge last week set a new execution date of Oct. 16. Roberson's legal team is asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to ...

Just 8 days after death row inmate Robert Roberson’s execution hearing, his attorneys are asking the Texas Court of Criminal ...

Texas prisons are in the spotlight, with the Reeves County Detention Center and Allan B. Polunsky Unit facing scrutiny for ...