Aug 7, 2024 · Texas executed Arthur Lee Burton on Wednesday evening after his lawyers could not successfully convince the U.S. Supreme Court that he was intellectually disabled, a last …

Dec 23, 2024 · The latest Texas death row news from The Texas Tribune. By Ayden Runnels Jan. 22, 2025 Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in …

Jul 16, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a Texas death penalty appeal by Ruben Gutierrez that challenged the constitutionality of a state law limiting DNA testing …

Oct 24, 2024 · A week after death row inmate Robert Roberson was set to die, the extraordinary quest to save his life has morphed into a deepening political battle between a group of Texas …

Oct 29, 2024 · Texas death row prisoners are housed in Livingston but executed at the state prison in Huntsville, about 43 miles away. Credit: Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Innocence …

Nov 30, 2024 · Roberson was convicted and sentenced to death in 2003 for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis. Evans, who initially set an execution date of Oct. 17, 2024, has …

Jul 2, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to give Rodney Reed the chance to have his murder case reviewed, delivering a blow to the death row inmate who has for more …

Dec 23, 2024 · Biden’s act affects 37 of the 40 inmates on federal death row, the Associated Press reported. At least five of the Texans scheduled for federal execution stabbed and killed …

Jan 26, 2023 · Most of the 181 death-sentenced men in Texas have been on the Polunsky Unit’s notorious death row for years. About 75 have been in these conditions for more than two …

Nov 6, 2024 · SAN ANTONIO — A Texas appeals court ordered a new trial Wednesday for a Jewish man on death row — who was part of a gang of prisoners that fatally shot a police …