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Robert Roberson is facing execution by lethal injection on Oct. 17, 2024, for the death of his two-year-old daughter. However, his attorneys say there is new evidence that proves he's innocent.
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An anti-death penalty organization is calling for a full investigation into a San Antonio-based compounding pharmacy that supplies Texas with its execution drug.
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Death penalty researchers say the record-high number of mishandled executions put into question states' ability to perform them.
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Ramirez was sentenced to death for murdering Corpus Christi convenience store clerk Pablo Castro. After a previous execution was halted, Ramirez won a Supreme Court case over death row inmates’ religious rights.
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Melissa Lucio, who was set to be executed on Wednesday, has been granted a stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday.
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The fate of death row inmate Rodney Reed has been placed in Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s hands.The Texas parole board voted unanimously Friday to…
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Texas death row inmate Larry Swearingen was executed Wednesday evening for the 1998 murder of Melissa Trotter. She was a 19-year-old student at Lone Star…
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Larry Swearingen is scheduled to be executed Wednesday by the State of Texas.It was 19 years ago that Swearingen was convicted of the abduction, rape and…
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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…
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Nationwide, the number and pace of executions are down, but states are looking at alternative, previous methods after restrictions have increased making the drugs for lethal injection hard to obtain.