HOUSTON -- A new execution date has been requested for Robert Roberson, a Texas man who had been set last year to become the ...

Criminal Justice. Texas Lawmakers Temporarily Save Death Row Inmate Robert Roberson From the Execution Chamber Roberson was scheduled to become the first person in the country to be executed based ...

On March 9, Hood was in Texas' execution chamber while Brown was being executed. Brown used his final words to insist he was innocent of the 1992 quadruple homicide that he was sent to death row.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Texas death row inmate who is seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible ...

Last night, Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson narrowly avoided becoming the first person in the country to be executed based on evidence of what was formerly called "shaken baby syndrome ...

A Texas man who admitted he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and fatally shot an 18-year-old woman in 2001 was executed Wednesday evening — what would have been the victim's 41st birthday. Ramiro ...

Most of the 23 states that still have an active death penalty allow a certain number of journalists to witness executions, as ...

In this undated photograph, Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio is holding one of her sons, John. Lucio is set to be executed on April 27 for the 2007 death of her 2-year-old daughter Mariah.

For the second time in as many years, the Supreme Court intervened as Texas prisoners sought to navigate the Lone Star ...

The Supreme Court rejected a request from Texas inmate Stephen Barbee to postpone his execution, scheduled for Wednesday evening, after a judge ruled that the state was not adequately protecting ...

Twenty-four men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S. Five other people are scheduled to be put ...

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 ...