An NBC News analysis of final statements from prisoners on Texas’ death row shows that some convey a readiness to die. Others are defiant. Many seek salvation.

Edward Busby’s execution underscores the arbitrariness, cost and moral failures of Texas’ death penalty system, Nan Tolson writes.

Edward Busby was executed by lethal injection Thursday, reinforcing Texas’ position as the nation's leader in capital punishment.

The Texas death row case of James Broadnax highlights growing concerns over the use of rap lyrics as evidence in court and potential racial bias in trials. The use of rap lyrics as evidence in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied two appeals from Dallas County death row inmate James Broadnax three days ahead of his scheduled execution. Broadnax, 37, made two appeals to the Supreme Court ...

He was pronounced dead at 8:11 p.m., marking the state’s 600th execution since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

Texas’ highest criminal court has overturned the death sentence of a Harris County man who was on death row for nearly half a century. Clarence Curtis Jordan, 70, was first convicted in 1978 of ...

CNN talks to rescue diver after first survivor rescued from Laos cave ...