The Cameron County judge also found the state relied on false testimony during her capital murder trial, according to court ...

The Texas Supreme Court is considering whether a legislative subpoena of a death row inmate infringed on the executive branch ...

The East Texas man exonerated in the brutal murder of a woman in 1977 has filed a lawsuit seeking damages for his wrongful ...

A Texas appeals court has ordered a new trial for a Jewish man on death row because of antisemitic bias by the judge in his ...

Robert Roberson was set to be the first person in the U.S. to be executed on a “shaken baby syndrome” diagnosis after getting ...

With his execution looming last Thursday, the 57-year-old Texas death row inmate watched as his attorneys’ legal arguments were rejected in the courts and his pleas for clemency disregarded, as the ...

Texas elections law says state prison inmates who are appealing their convictions are eligible to register. Many lawyers and ...

The stayed execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson has ignited a political battle between lawmakers and Republicans in ...

The latest Texas death row news from The Texas Tribune. By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Nov. 6, 2024 Randy Halprin was a member of a gang of prisoners known as the “Texas 7” who escaped ...

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 ...

As of Wednesday, there were 174 people on death row in Texas, seven of whom are women, including Melissa Lucio who was convicted in 2008 of beating to death her 2-year-old daughter. In 2022 ...

A unanimous vote by a Texas House committee successfully subpoenaed a death row inmate scheduled to receive death by lethal injection for the alleged 2002 killing of his 2-year-old daughter.