Dimitrios Pagourtzis of Santa Fe, Texas, is 17 years old, he will be subject to a 2005 Supreme Court ruling banning the execution of juveniles -- even though he will be treated as an adult in ...

A Houston-area man convicted of killing his wife died this week after more than three decades on death row, marking the ...

CBS News Texas Live. A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die by lethal injection this week over the ...

The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for ...

David Wood, 67, was sentenced to death in 1992 for the killing of six woman and girls in El Paso, Texas. He has spent nearly 33 years on death row for the crimes.

Pressure is mounting on the state of Texas to reconsider a death sentence scheduled to be carried out tomorrow. Gary Graham was convicted of murder based largely on the testimony of one eyewitness.

As of now, Texas law doesn't allow the death penalty for those convicted of killing children between 10 and 15 years old. SB 990 would eliminate that exemption.

Texas Senate hears emotional testimony on expanding death penalty for murderers of children aged 10-15. ... Convicted offenders will face either the death penalty or life in prison without parole.

More than 200 Civil rights groups urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to use his powers to commute California's more than 500 death ...