The Dallas County Commissioners Court wants to weigh in on Robert Roberson's case: Officials asked a Florida-based forensic ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Paul “Greg” House, who spent two decades on Tennessee's death row before he was finally freed, and ...

A man sent to Texas' death row for killing a Richardson police officer in 2018 could have his sentence overturned.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nine Tennessee death row inmates are suing the state over its push for a new round of lethal ...

Texas state prisons incarcerate more than 4,500 people in two-person cells the size of a parking space for nearly 24 hours a ...

Texas plans to execute two others this year. There's a conspicuous difference between their cases and this mass murderer's.

Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above ...

Since his teenage years, Koji Hayashi has dreaded one thing: his stubborn, once-vivacious mother being hanged for murder ...

SB 990 would raise the age threshold for capital murder eligibility from under 10 years old to 15 years old. It now heads to ...

Judge Robert Pitman says inmates who sued the state could win their case but that the fix is not easy or cheap.

Jail advocates and attorneys said the interpretation provides sheriff’s offices with a scapegoat opportunity to evade ...

The Harris County Sheriff's Office is left mourning the loss of its 4th deputy to suicide in less than 6 weeks, a stark ...