This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed the denial of federal habeas relief for Juan Carlos Alvarez, a ...

A Texas court has again granted a stay of execution to death row inmate Robert Roberson, who has long claimed he is innocent in the murder of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis, saying his ...

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DALLAS — Just one week before he was scheduled to be put to death, the Court of Criminal Appeals blocked Robert Roberson’s execution, sending the case back to trial court. State Representative Lacey ...

Gloria Rubac remembers the thick crowd, primarily composed of students from Sam Houston State University, and the way they cheered outside the red-brick Texas State Penitentiary as the sun set. Having ...