Separated from the general prison population, Texas death row inmates spend at least 22 hours a day alone in their cells.

More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

Robert Roberson has been on death row since 2003 but has long maintained his innocence in the death of his 2-year-old ...

Three teenagers are facing charges after a U.S. Marine Corps veteran was found dead on the side of the road last month in ...

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 ...

A Texas man faces execution Thursday for killing his girlfriend’s 13-month-old daughter during a torturous ordeal the couple said was part of an “exorcism” to expel a demon from the child’s body.

Robert Roberson's execution is halted under the state's "junk science" law that allows courts to re-examine convictions based on outdated science.

The same day the Court of Criminal Appeals stopped Robert Roberson's execution to consider the use of "junk science" in his ...

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.