More than 1,600 prisoners have been executed since the late 1970s. The largest number of executions has been carried out in ...

For Charles Victor Thompson, the one constant in his life has been the almost three decades he's spent as Inmate No. 00999306 in a small, isolated prison After 27 years on Texas Death Row, Charles ...

More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

Texas woman convicted of gruesome murder appeals death sentence, claiming prosecutors used humiliating evidence improperly.

Separated from the general prison population, Texas death row inmates spend at least 22 hours a day alone in their cells.

Days before his execution, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday sent the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson ...

If unclaimed after an execution, the state pays for cremation or burial, and the remains are buried at the Captain Joe Byrd ...

The first half was come-and-go for No. 3 Texas A&M in Baton Rouge, but second half was a solid coat of Maroon and White.

The order was praised by Texas legislators who have questioned the science behind the death row inmate’s 2003 capital murder conviction.

Robert Roberson has been on death row since 2003 but has long maintained his innocence in the death of his 2-year-old ...

Trump and the Republican Party are bringing capital punishment back to the forefront of American criminal justice.

Robert Roberson’s death penalty case has gained national attention for being based on the outdated science of “shaken baby syndrome.” But his 2003 ...