Lopez, 27, became the 10th inmate put to death this year in Texas, which carries out capital punishment more than any other state. Nationally, he was the 19th prisoner to be executed.

Lopez, 27, became the 10th inmate put to death this year in Texas, which carries out capital punishment more than any other state. Nationally, he was the 19th prisoner to be executed.

As of June 19, 2025, there were 169 people on death row in Texas. Four of them are women, including Melissa Lucio, who was convicted in 2008 of beating her 2-year-old daughter to death.

If Lucio remains on death row, she would be the first Latina put to death by Texas, according to the Texas Tribune. She has been held at the Patrick O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville, Texas. Filed under ...

A Texas woman was on death row for 27 years. But questions over a key witness could have her soon walk free from prison - Brittany Holberg’s murder conviction has been passed down to the ...

Holberg has been on death row for 27 years. ... Holberg is currently being held at the Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit, ... There are 174 people on Texas’ death row, and seven of them are women.

A federal appeals court has reversed the murder conviction of a 52-year-old Texas woman who has been on death row for close to three decades.. In 1998, Brittany Marlowe Holberg was found guilty by ...

There are 174 people on Texas’ death row, and seven of them are women. We can’t wait to welcome you to the 15th annual Texas Tribune Festival , Texas’ breakout ideas and politics event ...

Holberg is currently being held at the Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit, a Gatesville prison that houses females on death row, among other inmates. Texas leads the country in executions and is among the ...

A federal appeals court tossed out the murder conviction of a Texas woman sitting on death row for more than a quarter-century, ruling she'd been unjustly convicted on the basis of tainted ...

Inside Texas' Angels of Death, Who Refuse Hundreds of Death Row Pleas but May Expedite Daniel Perry Pardon How the Board of Pardons and Paroles runs its ship By Brant Bingamon , Fri., May 12, 2023 ...