Among the cases that are headed back to court is that of Robert Roberson, who argues he was wrongfully convicted of killing ...

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

Death row inmate William Lewis Reece has been returned to Oklahoma to face execution for the 1997 murder of 19-year-old ...

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 ...

Texas' highest criminal court on Thursday blocked Robert Roberson’s execution a week before it was set to take place, sending his case back to trial court. Roberson was convicted of capital murder in ...

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 ...

PALESTINE, Texas — Dates have been set for hearings where evidence will be considered in the case of East Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson. On Friday, both the state and Roberson's defense team ...

According to a document obtained by KVUE, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said that after reviewing an application for a stay of Reed's execution, a stay will be ordered based on a number of ...

Chuck Thompson has been on Texas Death Row for 27 years and is set to be executed in January. Credit: April Towery For Charles Victor Thompson, the one constant in his life has been the almost three ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — The execution of a man convicted of kidnapping and killing a retired TCU professor outside of a Fort Worth grocery store has been scheduled, according to court documents. Edward ...