Jan 22, 2025 · Texas’ highest criminal court orders new trial for death row inmate over judge's alleged antisemitic bias By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Nov. 6, 2024

Aug 7, 2024 · Texas executed Arthur Lee Burton on Wednesday evening after his lawyers could not successfully convince the U.S. Supreme Court that he was intellectually disabled, a last-ditch appeal that would ...

Oct 24, 2024 · A week after death row inmate Robert Roberson was set to die, the extraordinary quest to save his life has morphed into a deepening political battle between a group of Texas House lawmakers and ...

Jul 16, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a Texas death penalty appeal by Ruben Gutierrez that challenged the constitutionality of a state law limiting DNA testing after conviction.

Jul 2, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to give Rodney Reed the chance to have his murder case reviewed, delivering a blow to the death row inmate who has for more than a quarter century ...

Oct 19, 2024 · According to the Associated Press, the Texas parole board has recommended clemency in a death row case only six times since the state resumed executions in 1982.

Dec 23, 2024 · Biden’s act affects 37 of the 40 inmates on federal death row, the Associated Press reported. At least five of the Texans scheduled for federal execution stabbed and killed fellow inmates.

Oct 29, 2024 · Texas death row prisoners are housed in Livingston but executed at the state prison in Huntsville, about 43 miles away. Credit: Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Innocence Project Audio recording is ...

Oct 17, 2024 · Wharton, the lead detective in death row inmate Robert Roberson’s trial, was testifying before the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence on Wednesday, just over 24 hours before ...

Nov 30, 2024 · Roberson was convicted and sentenced to death in 2003 for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis. Evans, who initially set an execution date of Oct. 17, 2024, has since agreed to ...