A White House executive order called on the U.S. attorney general to determine whether former federal death row inmates “can ...

Two juveniles were arrested after allegedly shooting and striking a man with a car during a carjacking, according to the Austin Police Department.

A new act is aiming for the federal government to pursue the death penalty in all 50 states, even where it's banned, for ...

The governor is urging Texas lawmakers to pass a bill and a Constitutional amendment to crack down on local judges who he said repeatedly release violent offenders on low bail, only to see them commit ...

But the Bayou State is not the only death penalty state with a wrongful conviction problem. Death row exonerations – when someone is released after being sentenced – have become more common in the ...

Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn introduced a bill Thursday to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order instituting ...

The now 68-year-old inmate has been declared incompetent since 1987 when his initial execution was halted due to severe ...

Clarence Jordan’s mental and physical health have deteriorated while he’s been locked in a prison cell for almost 50 years, ...

A Texas death row inmate's last words before his execution were an apology to the victim's family. Convicted rapist and killer Moises Sandoval Mendoza, 40, was executed by lethal injection ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) has filed a bill expanding the eligibility to receive the death penalty to those who murder 10- to 14-year-olds. “We need to protect our ...