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A Clarion Ledger reporter recounts what it was like to witness Mississippi’s execution of Richard Jordan, who spent nearly 50 ...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Ruben Gutierrez, a man sentenced to death in Texas, can move forward with a federal civil ...
For the second time in as many years, the Supreme Court intervened as Texas prisoners sought to navigate the Lone Star ...
Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz is responding to a new development in a death penalty case out of Brownsville.
The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for ...
Texas Continues Sending People to the Execution Chamber, Innocent or Not Year-end report focuses on inmates with innocence claims By Brant Bingamon, Fri., Jan. 10, 2025 Tweet print write a letter ...
Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson sat praying in a cell Thursday night just feet from the execution chamber where he was set to be put to death for the murder of his toddler – even as the ...
Robert Roberson, the condemned man whose execution was halted late Thursday because of an unprecedented legal gambit by Texas lawmakers, is expected to appear in person Monday at a legislative ...
The Texas Supreme Court granted the injunction, preserving Roberson's life for now. This all occurred hours before and after Roberson's scheduled 6 p.m. execution by lethal injection.
HUNTSVILLE, TX – Unless the U.S. Supreme Court or Governor Greg Abbott intervene, tonight at 6 p.m., Robert Roberson will be put to death by lethal injection inside the execution chamber at the ...
The Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man on Tuesday, 20 minutes before he was scheduled to face a lethal injection. The inmate has long maintained that DNA testing would help ...
The state of Texas executed Ivan Abner Cantu, a 50-year-old Dallas native who maintained his innocence and garnered support from celebrities asking for his life to be spared, on Wednesday evening ...