He has claimed his innocence for roughly two decades with his lawyer citing junk science or the Shaken Baby Syndrome as the ...

The fate of Gary Lee Graham, executed at 36 after being convicted as a teen, highlights the complexities of juvenile justice ...

A Houston-area man convicted of killing his wife died this week after more than three decades on death row, marking the ...

Reforms have been implemented in Texas and other states to avoid mistakes that send innocent people to death row. However, ...

In Texas, from 1819 to 1923, people in Texas were put to death by hanging. Texas now uses lethal injection — pentobarbital — to carry out death sentences.

Robert Roberson, convicted of the death of his two-year-old daughter in 2003, faces a new execution date despite new evidence ...

Last year, the high court granted Ruben Gutierrez a reprieve 20 minutes before he was to receive a lethal injection.

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA testing in a bid to test evidence he says would block his execution. Ruben ...

The latest Texas death row news from The Texas Tribune. By Ayden Runnels June 26, 2025 Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from ...

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 for Ruben Gutierrez, a Texas death row inmate, granting a path for DNA testing that could impact his execution eligibility.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 for Ruben Gutierrez, a Texas death row inmate, granting a path for DNA testing that could impact his execution eligibility.