Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

A Texas inmate who strangled and suffocated a pastor inside his own church years ago revealed at the brink of his execution that he had ‘found peace’ and was ‘ready to go home.’ Steven Lawayne Nelson ...

Texas death row inmate’s final words before execution are revealed - Steven Lawayane Nelson was the second person executed in the US in 2025 ...

The State of Texas executed a Black man convicted of killing a pastor during a robbery in 2011, despite his claims that while ...

A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his church during a robbery was put to death ...

Neither of the other two men ever faced prison time for the murder, something Nelson’s wife, Noa Dubois, says is a key ...

Nelson, 37, was convicted of the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson in a robbery that turned fatal inside Dobson's own ...

At his state of the state address Sunday in Austin, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott laid out his legislative priorities. They range ...

Languages: English As of January 1, 2025, there were 2,092 inmates on death row in the United States ... the movie opens with a scheduled execution set at my Texas prison," Hernandez said.

The court allowed for a pause in executions over the Christmas holiday. On May 24, 2002, Bowman, of Branchville, was convicted of murder and third-degree arson in the death of Kandee Martin.

The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new death sentences remained small by historical standards ...