DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton recently announced the new billboard campaign, which features the sign reading ...

EXECUTIONS by firing squads, electrocution and gassing have been approved in the US to speed up killings of America’s most heinous criminals. Death penalty protocols were expanded on Friday ...

Violent criminals whose participation in crimes result in someone being murdered can no longer be convicted of murder in ...

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 ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and how it is waiting for execution on Texas' death row. HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A ...