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

An NBC News analysis of final statements from prisoners on Texas’ death row shows that some convey a readiness to die. Others are defiant. Many seek salvation.

The death row inmate has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, pointing to a codefendant’s confession in the shooting death of two people.

James Broadnax, 37, was executed by lethal injection at 6.47pm local time at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas.

Two executions on May 14 were the first in a series of five scheduled across the country over eight days.

A federal appeals court has temporarily halted Thursday’s scheduled execution of Texas death row inmate Edward Busby, citing concerns over his eligibility for capital punishment because of ...

For years, county, state and federal courts have ruled that neither Broadnax's transformation, nor his claims of an unfair trial, were grounds for reprieve.

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

A Texas man on death row for murdering two people is asking the state to halt his April 13 execution after someone else has allegedly come forward to claim responsibility — his own cousin. The ...

Absent last-minute intervention by the U.S. Supreme Court, Texas death row inmate James Broadnax is scheduled to be executed Thursday for the murder of two music producers his co-defendant confessed ...

Absent last-minute intervention by the U.S. Supreme Court, Texas death row inmate James Broadnax is scheduled to be executed Thursday for the murder of two music producers his co-defendant confessed ...