Death penalty

Up until January, Elsa Alcala had one of nine seats on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. She was a judge on the state’s highest court that handles…

Justices criticized a state appeals court for using outdated medical standards when it determined that a murderer wasn't intellectually disabled and could therefore be executed.

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…

From Texas Standard: Pope Francis says the death penalty is "inadmissible" under all circumstances. The Vatican announced the change Thursday what the...

It's a shift for the church, which used to consider the death penalty an "acceptable, albeit extreme, means of safeguarding the common good" in response to certain crimes.

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…

A San Antonio man scheduled to be executed this month is asking the governor for clemency. Juan Castillo, who is scheduled to be executed May 16, was…

From Texas Standard . Texas is re-upping a request to “opt in” to a federal law that would speed up the execution appeals process in the state,...

House lawmakers at the state Capitol are examining what action, if any, the legislature should take during the 2019 legislative session regarding the…

From Texas Standard . Thomas Bartlett Whitaker wasn’t supposed to be alive now. He was scheduled to be the fourth person executed in Texas this year,...