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 ...

A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman's death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant. With a 2-1 ...

The federal appeals court said the prosecution failed to disclose that a key trial witness was a paid informant.

(JTA) — A stay of execution was upheld for a Jew on death row in Texas, one day before he was ... “I’ve done that many times for people as a hospice and hospital chaplain,” Zoosman explained.

Wood has been on Texas Death Row for nearly four decades even though no DNA evidence linked him to the murders of six women and girls in El Paso in 1987. “I’m accused of killing six people ...

Texas leads the country in executions and is among the top three in imposing death sentences. The state's use of capital punishment has waned, however, and the number of people on death row has ...

A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman's death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant. With a 2-1 ...

Texas leads the country in executions and is among the top three in imposing death sentences. The state’s use of capital punishment has waned, however, and the number of people on death row has ...