A Houston-area man convicted of killing his wife died this week after more than three decades on death row, marking the ...

Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Texas death row inmate who is seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible ...

The US Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the right to sue over the state's ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA testing in a bid to test evidence he says would block his execution.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Texas man on death row can bring a federal civil rights claim to challenge the constitutionality of state laws governing DNA testing. […] ...

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals upheld William Reece’s death sentence for the 1997 murder of Tiffany Johnston, rejecting claims his confession was coerced.

The fate of Gary Lee Graham, executed at 36 after being convicted as a teen, highlights the complexities of juvenile justice ...