Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson is asking the state's Court of Criminal Appeals to stay his October execution.

Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct has reignited public interest in one of the most disturbing crimes in recent Texas history: the 2020 killing of pregnant 21-year-old Reagan ...

In 2026, more than half of the United States still allows the death penalty as a sentence for those committing the most violent and heinous of crimes. The time an inmate lives on death row is ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Two death row inmates were executed on Thursday, the first in a series ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, shows Texas death row inmate ...

Strapped to a gurney, moments from death, prisoners in Texas' execution chamber have been asked a solemn question for as long as the state has administered lethal injections: Do you have a last ...

New film revives story of Taylor Parker, convicted in 2022 of cutting unborn daughter from womb of friend she killed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Texas execution chamber in Huntsville. Texas executed its 600th inmate Thursday evening, administering a lethal injection to ...

A Texas man who admitted he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and fatally shot an 18-year-old woman in 2001 was executed Wednesday evening — what would have been the victim's 41st birthday. Ramiro ...