Texas death row inmate William Speer went to prison after murdering a friend's father when he was 16, ... 49, was set to receive a lethal injection Oct. 26 at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.

The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for ...

A group of Texas death row inmates are suing the state's prison system over its mandatory and indefinite solitary confinement rules for those awaiting execution.

Tabler’s death row phone calls in 2008 to state Sen. John Whitmire, who is now the mayor of Houston, prompted an unprecedented lockdown of more than 150,000 inmates in the the nation’s second ...

The U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Texas death row inmate in a challenge over whether he had standing to sue a district ...

A group of Texas death row prisoners is suing the state's prison system, arguing that its policy of holding male death row inmates in indefinite solitary confinement violates their constitutional ...

The Texas Supreme Court late Thursday stayed the execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson, just minutes after the state's highest criminal court had cleared the way for him to be put to death.

Texas elections law says state prison inmates who are appealing their convictions are eligible to register. ... There are 134,000 people incarcerated in state prisons, including 175 on death row.

The inmate was strapped to the death chamber gurney at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. AFP via Getty Images. Tabler shot and killed Mohammed-Amine Rahmouni, 28, and Haitham Zayed, 25 ...

Texas lawmakers meet with Robert Roberson at a prison in Livingston, Texas, Sept. 27, 2024. On Tuesday, lawmakers issued a new subpoena for death row inmate Roberson's to testify in person this ...

The Texas Supreme Court late Thursday stayed the execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson, just minutes after the state's highest criminal court had cleared the way for him to be put to death.