The deadly Jet Ski crash on Grapevine Lake has sparked a highly contested conversation on the death penalty in Texas. The debate started after Governor Greg Abbott called for the death penalty for ...

A total of 19 inmates in nine states have been executed in the U.S. this year, according to the non-profit Death Penalty Information Center.

About 100 death row inmates, including seven added to the list this year, are eligible for execution. DeSantis, who is term-limited, will leave office in 18 months and the Iowa and New Hampshire ...

In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to throw out a ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found it too late to order a DNA test that could exonerate Reed. On Tuesday, Reed asked ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a Memphis judge did not have the authority to give a man formerly on death row ...

Since 2000, at least seven people have been exonerated after courts found serious flaws associated with a theory called "bite ...

Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed continues to fight for his innocence and access to DNA testing as his case enters its 25th year, with ongoing roadblocks from the Bastrop County District ...

Texas governor Greg Abbott called for the death penalty for two illegal immigrants accused in the hit-and-run death of 18-year-old Ava Moore, a newly enlisted US Air Force recruit, who was killed ...

NPR's John Burnett reports on the case of Cesar Fierro, a Mexican national who is on death row for killing an El Paso taxi driver. Fierro confessed to the crime - but now, even the prosecutor in ...

George Coulam, founder of the Texas Renaissance Festival, is shown in his home Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, in Todd Mission. He plans for his home called Stargate Manor to become a museum after his death.

The fatal altercation between 17-year-old Metcalf of Memorial High School and allegedly 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony, a student at Frisco Centennial High School, unfolded during a rain delay on ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened the death penalty for two illegal immigrants suspected in the fatal jet ski hit-and-run of 18-year-old Air Force recruit, Ava Moore. “Welcome to Texas. Here ...