A Houston-area man convicted of killing his wife died this week after more than three decades on death row, marking the second condemned prisoner to die behind bars in the past month. Prison officials ...

The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA testing in a bid to test evidence he says would block his execution.

He has claimed his innocence for roughly two decades with his lawyer citing junk science or the Shaken Baby Syndrome as the reason for his conviction.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 opinion that Texas death row prisoner Ruben Gutierrez should be permitted to continue his lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's post-conviction ...

The latest Texas death row news from The Texas Tribune. By Ayden Runnels June 26, 2025 Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from ...

In Texas, from 1819 to 1923, people in Texas were put to death by hanging. Texas now uses lethal injection — pentobarbital — to carry out death sentences.

Case update: Rodney Reed petitions the Supreme Court again to access DNA testing that could prove his innocence in the 1998 Texas murder case.

Blaine Milam, on Texas death row for a 2008 toddler killing, is set to be executed after a new date was announced.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requested a new execution date for Robert Roberson, who is on Death Row for the murder of his toddler daughter. Roberston's execution was delayed last year after ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday requested a new execution date for Robert Roberson, the East Texas man whose execution was delayed last year after his case became a ...

JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi Supreme Court has denied a post-conviction rehearing appeal for death row inmate Richard Jordan. This was the latest in multiple attempts Jordan has fought his ...