The scheduled May 14 execution of Edward Busby in Texas has drawn scrutiny from advocates and legal experts. They contend ...

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

Two death row inmates were executed on Thursday, the first in a series of five scheduled across the United States over a ...

First Florida executed James Hitchcock for the 1976 murder of his brother's 13-year-old stepdaughter. Then Texas executed James Broadnax for a 2008 double murder.

Thursday’s execution was blocked by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals “pending further order” from the court.

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.

The execution of Edward Busby, Texas's 600th, sheds light on the ongoing debate around capital punishment and its decreasing ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued the stay for 53-year-old Edward Busby on Friday, court records show. The Texas Attorney General's Office appealed the decision shortly after.

Opponents of the death penalty gathered outside the Texas Capitol on Tuesday to urge Gov. Greg Abbott to halt the scheduled ...

A North Texas man, James Broadnax, faces execution for the 2008 shooting deaths of two individuals during a robbery outside a music studio in Garland. Broadnax maintains he was not the shooter and ...

A Northside ISD Police Department patrol vehicle. 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 ...