Roberson, who has faced execution multiple times but maintained his innocence, has been on death row since his 2003 capital ...

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 ...

Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade.

A death row inmate who was set to become the first person in the country executed in a shaken baby syndrome case was spared for the time being after a Texas criminal appeals court stayed his execution ...

Until this year, death penalty executions had been dwindling across the nation. The sudden spike now is unusual, experts say. Forty-five people on death row have been executed so far this year, and ...

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This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas appeals court ...

Executions are on hold in much of the country, but the national total just hit a 15-year high—and Florida is the main reason ...

So far, 11 states have carried out 45 executions this year, nearly double the number in 2024, even as public opinion ...

Fewer Americans support capital punishment. Fewer courts are handing out death sentences. And we’ve got way more executions ...