A new program in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, allows death row prisoners to mingle outside of solitary confinement ...

In February 2024, prison officials launched a new group recreation program at the Polunsky Unit, the state's notoriously ...

The program allows the selected prisoners to spend several hours a day outside their cells and allows them to enjoy communal ...

A Houston-area man convicted of killing his wife died this week after more than three decades on death row, marking the second condemned prisoner to die behind bars in the past month. Prison officials ...

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

Robert Roberson is now scheduled to be put to death in October for his conviction in the death of his 2-year-old daughter, ...

Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that ...

Here are eight fast facts about the Lone Star State's death row, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Average length of time on death row prior to execution: 10.87 years ...

Gutierrez’s lawyers argued that his case was similar to that of Rodney Reed, another longtime death row inmate in Texas who also won a round at the Supreme Court in his fight for DNA testing ...

Justices side with Texas death row inmate seeking DNA testing to show he shouldn't be executed FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Texas death row inmate who is seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution. The 6-3 decision in favor of Ruben ...

A Texas judge on Wednesday set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, a death row inmate who says he is innocent of murder ...