A Texas inmate was executed after killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and son, claiming death row violated his religious freedom.

The scheduled execution comes amid an elevated number of executions in Florida and nationwide in 2025, and it highlights ...

The Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence issued a subpoena on the day before Roberson's scheduled execution on Oct. 17 for the death row inmate to testify at a hearing about his case.

HOUSTON, Texas -- A judge has delayed next week's scheduled execution of a man convicted of killing three teenagers while they slept in a Texas Panhandle home more than 25 years ago.

Robert Roberson's attorneys claim judges misled hospital workers about the custody of his 2-year old daughter, who died in ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals remanded a death penalty inmate’s case to trial court after granting him a stay of execution two days before he was scheduled to be put to death in March. In ...

David Leonard Wood was sentenced to death in 1992 for the killings of six women and girls in El Paso. Wood was supposed to be executed in March, but the court issued a stay. AUSTIN, Texas - The ...

Robert Roberson's lawyers urge Texas court to halt his Oct. 16 execution, citing new evidence and scientific doubt in 2002 shaken baby syndrome case.

In this undated photograph, Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio is holding one of her sons, John. Lucio is set to be executed on April 27 for the 2007 death of her 2-year-old daughter Mariah.

Death row executions for females are quite rare. According to the Office of the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney, only 14 female inmates have been executed since the Supreme Court lifted the ...

Twenty-eight men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and eight other people are scheduled to be put to death in seven states during the remainder of 2025.

Before Arizona’s latest execution, which was carried out in March, the average length of stay on death row for the last six ...