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 witnessed an execution here. HOUSTON, Texas — For Yancy ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed the denial of federal habeas relief for Juan Carlos Alvarez, a Texas death row man, who argued that ineffective legal representation and unreliable forensic evidence violated his constitutional rights during his capital murder trial.

Chuck Thompson has been on Texas Death Row for 27 years and is set to be executed in January. Credit: April Towery For Charles Victor Thompson, the one constant in his life has been the almost three decades he’s spent as Inmate No. 00999306 in a small ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and how it is waiting for execution on Texas' death row. HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A gurney with leather straps sits bolted to the floor in ...

Texas is seeking a new execution date for convicted murderer Robert Roberson. In 2002, Roberson's 2-year-old daughter was said to have died of shaken baby syndrome. Roberson's attorneys say he is innocent and that his conviction is based on "junk science.

The deaths of Fort Worth rapper G$ Lil Ronnie and his 5-year-old daughter shocked North Texans earlier this year. Police say two men opened fire on Ronnie Sibley at a Forest Hill car wash, killing both him and his little girl. The suspects, 24-year-old ...

PALESTINE, Texas — Dates have been set for hearings where evidence will be considered in the case of East Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson. On Friday, both the state and Roberson's defense team met with the presiding judge, 114th District Court ...

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 been a college student in Oklahoma in the 1960s and a ...

Executions are on the rise in the United States. After creeping upward since the coronavirus pandemic, when the country's use of the death penalty reached a historic low, the numbers have skyrocketed this year. Identifying a previous year in which the ...