The 6-3 decision in favor of Ruben Gutierrez gives him a potential path to have evidence tested that his lawyers say would ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Texas death row inmate who is seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution.. The 6-3 decision in favor of Ruben ...

In nearly 350 death penalty cases Maricopa County prosecutors pursued over 20 years, just 13% ended in a death sentence. The numbers indicate the need for a more deliberate and transparent process to ...

As of June 19, 2025, there were 169 people on death row in Texas. Four of them are women, including Melissa Lucio, who was convicted in 2008 of beating her 2-year-old daughter to death.

If two more executions proceed as planned before the end of June, the same number will have taken place in the first half of 2025 as in all of 2024.

Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed continues to fight for his innocence and access to DNA testing as his case enters its 25th year, with ongoing roadblocks from the Bastrop County District ...

Blaine Milam, on Texas death row for a 2008 toddler killing, is set to be executed after a new date was announced. Beaumont Enterprise Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo. Skip to main content.

The U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Texas death row inmate in a challenge over whether he had standing to sue a district ...