Robert Roberson, convicted of the death of his two-year-old daughter in 2003, faces a new execution date despite new evidence ...

A Houston-area man convicted of killing his wife died this week after more than three decades on death row, marking the ...

Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that ...

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.

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.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Texas man on death row can bring a federal civil rights claim to challenge the constitutionality of state laws governing DNA testing. […] ...

The U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Texas death row inmate in a challenge over whether he had standing to sue a district ...

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals upheld William Reece’s death sentence for the 1997 murder of Tiffany Johnston, rejecting claims his confession was coerced.

The US Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the right to sue over the state's ...

Justices side with Texas death row inmate seeking DNA testing to show he shouldn't be executed The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should ...

The fate of Gary Lee Graham, executed at 36 after being convicted as a teen, highlights the complexities of juvenile justice ...