HOUSTON (AP) — Nearly 70 years after a Texas Black man was executed in a case that prosecutors now say was based on false ...

Texas sets four executions from January to May 2026 for murderers including Charles Thompson, Cedric Ricks, James Broadnax, ...

In 1956, Tommy Lee Walker was executed after being wrongfully accused of sexually assaulting and murdering a white woman in ...

Dallas County exonerated Tommy Lee Walker, a Black man wrongfully executed in 1956 for rape and murder after a coerced confession and all-White jury trial.

Judges on a federal appeals court heard arguments this week in the appeal of Brittany Holberg’s capital murder conviction.

Four convicted criminals in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are set for execution in 2026.

Appeals in some of Texas’ highest-profile capital punishment cases are set for 2026 as the state continues to maintain a historically low number of executions ...

Robert Roberson, Brittany Holberg, and David Wood have upcoming appeals or overturned convictions under review in Texas in ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Chaos erupted outside Texas' death chamber when the son of the condemned inmate pounded on the chamber windows, shouted obscenities and threw fists after his father spoke his ...

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 ...