Cook says he is seeking justice for the harm, loss of liberty and hardships he endured over the past 47 years and continues ...

The Texas Supreme Court is considering whether a legislative subpoena of a death row inmate infringed on the executive branch ...

The inmate sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 2021 after they denied his wife's visitation request because he did not have ...

“When somebody sits on death row and there’s no real means of executing them, that is dehumanizing to that person," Taylor ...

For many, a death sentence means a double punishment. People on death row can spend decades locked alone in a tiny, cement room before they are ever strapped to an execution gurney. We know that the ...

Procedures for their executions should meet human rights standards. Death row inmates are informed of their executions on the day they are carried out and then escorted to the scaffold.

A Texas appeals court has ordered a new trial for a Jewish man on death row because of antisemitic bias by the judge in his ...

They’re getting ready and finding out if the equipment’s still working.” Allen, who has been on death row since 1998 for a St. Louis murder and bank robbery, maintains his innocence.

For Texas inmates on Death Row, there’s a protocol for the day of scheduled execution. BELONGINGS: In the morning, all the inmate’s personal belongings get inventoried and packed along with a ...

Lawmakers may bolster law on "junk science" convictions Death row inmate was convicted of murdering daughter Oct 18 (Reuters) - A man on death row in Texas who had expected to be executed on ...

The latest Texas death row news from The Texas Tribune. By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Nov. 6, 2024 Randy Halprin was a member of a gang of prisoners known as the “Texas 7” who escaped ...

As of Wednesday, there were 174 people on death row in Texas, seven of whom are women, including Melissa Lucio who was convicted in 2008 of beating to death her 2-year-old daughter. In 2022 ...