Parents testify at the Texas Capitol urging lawmakers to expand the death penalty for convicted child murderers to include ...

Jedidiah Murphy, 48, was sentenced to death for the fatal 2000 shooting of 80-year-old Bertie Lee Cunningham in Dallas County during a carjacking. (JTA) — A stay of execution was upheld for a ...

As of Feb. 6, 2025, there were 174 people on death row in Texas, seven of whom are women, including Melissa Lucio who was convicted in 2008 of beating to death her 2-year-old daughter. In 2022 ...

BELL COUNTY, Texas — The juvenile justice system operates distinct from the adult system, built on rehabilitation rather than punishment.

A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die by lethal injection this week over the killings of six girls and ...

David Wood, 67, was sentenced to death in 1992 for the killing of six woman and girls in El Paso, Texas. He has spent nearly ...

Holberg is currently being held at the Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit, a Gatesville prison that houses females on death row, among other inmates. Texas leads the country in executions and is among the ...

A tragic ATV crash in Midland on Friday, March 21 resulted in the death of two individuals, including a student from Midland Independent School District (MISD), ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals did not clarify why it halted the execution of David Wood in its order granting the stay.

You can get in touch with Khaleda by emailing [email protected] A federal appeals court has vacated the conviction and death sentence of a woman who has spent 27 years on death row.