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

Hood subscribes to a somewhat radical “turn the other cheek” philosophy, one in which even the worst offenders are offered ... as Christian—with the death penalty firmly in place on earth.

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

Texas is set to execute Steven Nelson by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of beloved pastor Clint Dobson, ...

"What their story shows is that redemption is possible, even in the most horrific of circumstances," Rev. Jeff Hood said of ...

Trump attacked the move in his executive order on the death penalty, signed on Jan. 20, and asked the attorney general to “further evaluate whether these offenders can be charged with State ...

I have not seen much press about President Trump's order concerning the death penalty. But several provisions ... action to ensure that these offenders are imprisoned in conditions consistent ...

When she began writing letters to a man on Texas’ death row, Noa Dubois had no intention ... problems early on and was in and out of juvenile detention centers, but he continued to struggle.