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 ...

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.

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

Gudinas, 51, was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday, June 24, for the murder of 27-year-old Michelle McGrath in Orlando ...

Attorney General Liz Murril has filed a writ asking to speed up the executions of five inmates, including a Caddo Parish native.

Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz is responding to a new development in a death penalty case out of Brownsville.

Some of the proposed laws rejected by Abbott, including a ban on hemp products containing THC, will be the focus of a special ...