Texas is seeking a new execution date for convicted murderer Robert Roberson. In 2002, Roberson's 2-year-old daughter was said to have died of shaken baby syndrome. Roberson's attorneys say he is ...

Five individuals face capital murder charges for allegedly executing JaMichael Phillips during a failed robbery in Shelby ...

There have been five executions apiece this year in Texas, Alabama and South Carolina. Florida leads the nation with 18. Kristin Houle Cuellar is executive director of the Texas Coalition to Abolish ...

PALESTINE, Texas — Dates have been set for hearings where evidence will be considered in the case of East Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson. On Friday, both the state and Roberson's defense team ...

Texas' execution numbers remain far lower than recent state highs, even as executions nationally climbed, driven almost entirely by a surge in Florida, according to a new year-end report. Why it ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on ...

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It’s been 148 days since Texas executed someone—a remarkable lull in the use of the death penalty for a state that has killed far more people than any other. The 2016 hiatus is, in part, a sign of the ...

In late November, the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office announced that it would not seek the death penalty in the prosecution of Yordanis Cabos-Martinez, the man accused of beheading his ...