Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

Those housed in the O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...

A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on ...

During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...

A remarkable alliance between an order of Catholic nuns and the women on Texas's death row. 2 hour 28 min listen For the best audio experience, scan the code with your phone to download the New ...

Texas's first female condemned killer received special permission to leave jail and be baptized at New Light Baptist Church ...

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Tabler's execution came about an hour after Florida executed James Dennis Ford. Tabler was convicted of a 2004 double murder, ...

Texas Standard: So this deacon we mentioned reached out to the nuns and invited them to visit these women on death row. And you described the connection between the women on death row and the sisters.

The women spoke with USA TODAY on the condition ... "The day of my execution is the beginning of my real life." Tabler's life on Texas Death Row has been very different from what other inmates ...