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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...