HOUSTON (AP) — Nearly 70 years after a Texas Black man was executed in a case that prosecutors now say was based on false ...

Texas sets four executions from January to May 2026 for murderers including Charles Thompson, Cedric Ricks, James Broadnax, ...

Dallas County exonerated Tommy Lee Walker, a Black man wrongfully executed in 1956 for rape and murder after a coerced confession and all-White jury trial.

One of the cases headed back to court in 2026 is that of Robert Roberson. He argues he was wrongfully convicted of killing ...

Four convicted criminals in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are set for execution in 2026.

In 1956, Tommy Lee Walker was executed after being wrongfully accused of sexually assaulting and murdering a white woman in ...

A full panel of judges on a federal appeals court heard arguments Wednesday in the appeal of Brittany Holberg’s capital murder conviction, which was previously overturned in March.

It’s been 148 days since Texas executed someone—a remarkable lull in the use of the death penalty for a state that has killed far more people than any other. The 2016 hiatus is, in part, a sign of the ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Chaos erupted outside Texas' death chamber when the son of the condemned inmate pounded on the chamber windows, shouted obscenities and threw fists after his father spoke his ...

Robert Roberson, Brittany Holberg, and David Wood have upcoming appeals or overturned convictions under review in Texas in ...