Texas' highest criminal court on Thursday blocked Robert Roberson's execution a week before it was set to take place, sending his case back to trial court. Roberson was convicted of capital murder in ...

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 ...

This undated booking photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Texas death row inmate Blaine Milam. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP) (Uncredited) HOUSTON – A Texas ...

Death row inmate Robert Roberson, convicted of murder on elements of "shaken baby syndrome,” has been ordered to appear ...

Sept. 25 (UPI) --The United States executed two death row inmates on Thursday evening -- one in Alabama and the other in Texas -- during a year that has seen an uptick in inmates being put to death.

Lawrence Brewer was executed in 2011 for his role in the murder of James Byrd Jr, but it was his last meal request that ...

RUSK COUNTY, Texas — A death row inmate from East Texas is scheduled to be executed this week for his role in the December 2008 killing of a toddler in Rusk County. Blaine Keith Milam, 35, has his ...

Read full article: SAPD: Suspect arrested nude after hitting man with vehicle during jewelry store robbery on South Side A three-alarm fire that broke out late Saturday night at a Northwest Side ...

The New Jersey Supreme Court found that expert testimony on the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome isn’t scientifically ...

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