In February 2024, prison officials launched a new group recreation program at the Polunsky Unit, the state's notoriously ...

Twenty-six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 10 other people are scheduled to be put ...

Only a couple weeks ago, yours truly wrote that the best option for Chris Young is to sell off a few parts at the deadline ...

Just eight days after death row inmate Robert Roberson’s execution hearing, his attorneys are asking the Texas Court of ...

Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson is asking the state's Court of Criminal Appeals to stay his October execution.

In Texas, five men faced execution in 2024, highlighting the state's long history with capital punishment and the complex ...

Death row inmate Robert Roberson is appealing his Oct. 16 execution date. Last week, a state judge sided with Attorney ...

Roberson, who has spent more than 20 years on death row, was convicted in 2003 of killing his daughter, Nikki.

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Robert Roberson asked Texas’ highest criminal appeals court to thwart his October execution date so the panel can weigh new ...

Two Mexican nationals, 53-year-old Mauricio Anzures-Zarate and 63-year-old Beatriz Salcedo-Carreon pleaded guilty to ...