There have been five executions apiece this year in Texas, Alabama and South Carolina. Florida leads the nation with 18. Kristin Houle Cuellar is executive director of the Texas Coalition to Abolish ...

A Texas Senate bill that would have expanded the state’s capital murder statute against people convicted of killing children failed to reach the governor’s desk before the lawmaking session ended ...

Edward Busby’s execution underscores the arbitrariness, cost and moral failures of Texas’ death penalty system, Nan Tolson writes.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would expand Texas' capital murder eligibility. Senate Bill 990 now heads to the House for a vote there. If it passes the House vote, ...

In late November, the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office announced that it would not seek the death penalty in the prosecution of Yordanis Cabos-Martinez, the man accused of beheading his ...

Edward Busby was executed by lethal injection Thursday, reinforcing Texas’ position as the nation's leader in capital punishment.

County’s outsized role: Tarrant County has pursued almost a quarter of Texas death penalty trials since 2020, far exceeding its population share. Racial disparity concerns: Report says 92% of death ...

1819 — George Brown is first person executed in Texas, by hanging. 1863 — Chipita Rodriguez is first woman executed in Texas, by hanging. 1923 — Lee Nathan becomes the last of 394 people executed by ...