Dissenting judges expressed frustration over a lack of clarity on why the case of David Leonard Wood, whose execution in ...

Robert Roberson is now scheduled to be put to death in October for his conviction in the death of his 2-year-old daughter, ...

A new program in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, allows death row prisoners to mingle outside of solitary confinement.

A Texas judge on Wednesday set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, a death row inmate who says he is innocent of murder ...

In February 2024, prison officials launched a new group recreation program at the Polunsky Unit, the state's notoriously ...

David Wood, 67, was sentenced to death in 1992 for the killing of six woman and girls in El Paso, Texas. He has spent nearly 33 years on death row for the crimes.

Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that he says will prove he’s not a murderer.

“Texas death row conditions have been described as the most inhumane in the country, and we obviously have a large death row population,” said Catherine Bratic, a Houston attorney with the firm.

Texas is among 27 states with the death penalty. Since 1976, the state has executed 576 state inmates and six federal inmates—the highest number executions per state in the U.S.

The words from 543 Texas death row inmates – including 3 women and 540 men – provide a unique glimpse into the thoughts and emotions in their final moments.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal by a Texas man who faces the death penalty for his role in the 1998 murder of an elderly mobile home park owner and is seeking DNA testing ...