PALESTINE, Texas — Dates have been set for hearings where evidence will be considered in the case of East Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson. On Friday, both the state and Roberson's defense team ...

Without Florida, the national execution rate would be like an average year, with fewer than 30 executions across the country.

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...

Edward Busby, 53, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on May 14, 2026, in Huntsville. He was condemned by a Tarrant County jury in 2005 for the murder of 77-year-old Laura Lee Crane, a ...

Forty-seven men killed by states operating death penalty – almost double last year’s number ...

The "Dateline" anchor returned to his radio reporting roots to examine the case of Robert Roberson, who was convicted of ...

15 MINUTES. CAMERON. YEAH, BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ...

Fewer Americans support capital punishment. Fewer courts are handing out death sentences. And we’ve got way more executions in 2025.