Capital Punishment

In Texas and many other states, lethal injection is used for executions. The new book Secrets of the Killing State by Corinna Barrett Lain pulls back the curtain of secrecy surrounding lethal injection. The author claims there is gross incompetence by woefully inept executioners and a state indifference to the fate of the condemned.

Today on Texas Matters—In 2022, 53 migrants were found dead in the back of a trailer. New details about that deadly journey are emerging. Also—David Leonard Wood is being called the 'Desert Killer.' Now he is facing execution. But there are questions about his guilt.

News coverage of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson's stalled lethal injection raises questions about Texas executing the innocent.

This week on Texas Matters: Is Attorney General Ken Paxton perverting the facts about the death of baby Nikki and the looming execution of Robert Roberson? In a report to the public about the Roberson case, the AG Office made a number of untrue and debunked statements about the death of Nikki, Roberson and his trial. We get a response from Roberson’s attorney Gretchen Sween.

An unusual legal move has bought more time for a Texas man who was set to be executed Thursday evening.

Robert Roberson is scheduled to die Oct 17. He is set to be executed by the state of Texas for a crime that experts say didn’t happen. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence that indicates that Roberson’s two-year-old daughter, Nikki, did not die from physical abuse but that instead she died from a chronic health condition and pneumonia.

Roberson is scheduled to be put to death on October 17th in what would be the nation’s first execution based on so-called “shaken baby syndrome” which is debunked junk science. We have the latest developments.

Robert Roberson is due to be executed on October 17. The East Texas man was convicted of the shaken baby syndrome death of this two-year old daughter, Nikki. But shaken baby syndrome is now considered to be junk science, and evidence shows that Nikki died from a chronic illness. I spoke with Roberson on Texas death row to hear his story.

There are two big letters “D" and "R” on the back of Joseph Garcia’s white prison uniform — they stand for Death Row. Underneath, he’s wearing a burnt…

This week on "Texas Matters," we look at the death penalty.Texas has executed 553 prisoners since capital punishment resumed in 1976, which is more than…