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There is only so much that defense attorneys can do in cases like that of Matthew Johnson. Johnson is scheduled to be ...

The Utah Supreme Court has ruled that “numerous constitutional violations” during the trial and sentencing of a man who spent ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton's office asked a Dallas County judge to set the execution of Charles Don Flores. His attorneys ...

This image provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Texas death row inmate Moises Sandoval Mendoza. HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man convicted of fatally strangling and stabbing ...

While many death row inmates are given the choice of what they would like to eat as their final meal, prisoners in Texas no longer have this privilege. As of 2022, 55 countries across the globe still ...

Mendoza is the third inmate executed in Texas this year and the 13th in the nation. He was pronounced dead at 6:40 p.m. CT. At the time of her death, Tolleson was a new mother to her 6-month ...

Karmelo Anthony, the 17-year-old accused of stabbing Frisco, Texas track star Austin Metcalf to death, was released from jail after his bond was dropped from $1 million to $250,000. Like Allison ...

Real love.” He once again enlisted his wide network to contribute to Altar Call, which includes Jamie Foxx covering Bill Withers’ “Grandma’s Hands,” as well as Death Row artists Charlie ...

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 ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man convicted of fatally ... Reading from a statement, she said of Mendoza: “He’s been on death row 20 years. That ended today. He was put to sleep.