June saw the loss of several influential figures in music, sports, and beyond. Brian Wilson was the creative force behind The ...

The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA ...

As of June 19, 2025, there were 169 people on death row in Texas. Four of them are women, including Melissa Lucio, who was convicted in 2008 of beating her 2-year-old daughter to death.

Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection.

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Alex Harrison’s friends testified in court Wednesday that he was playing dominoes moments before a gunman walked out of the darkness and fired two fatal shots at him.