Texas executes Arthur Lee Burton for 1997 murder - The Texas …
Aug 7, 2024 · Burton, who lived in Harris County at the time of the attack, is the third person Texas has executed this year. The state has scheduled the executions for four additional men …
Texas death row - The Texas Tribune
Dec 23, 2024 · The latest Texas death row news from The Texas Tribune. By Ayden Runnels Jan. 22, 2025 Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in …
Ken Paxton, Texas House members spar over Roberson case - The …
Oct 24, 2024 · After the attorney general insisted on the death row inmate’s guilt in a graphic press release, four lawmakers issued a point-by-point rebuttal.
Supreme Court to review death penalty appeal challenging Texas’s …
Jul 16, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a Texas death penalty appeal by Ruben Gutierrez that challenged the constitutionality of a state law limiting DNA testing …
Robert Roberson judge agrees to recusal | The Texas Tribune
Nov 30, 2024 · A retired Texas judge who signed death row inmate Robert Roberson’s execution warrant earlier this year has recused herself from his case. The court filing was signed on …
Robert Roberson murder case: What to know about the ... - The …
Oct 29, 2024 · Robert Roberson photographed through plexiglass at Texas' Polunsky Unit in Livingston on Dec. 19, 2023. Texas death row prisoners are housed in Livingston but executed …
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas death row inmate’s petition
Jul 2, 2024 · Reed, on death row for more than 25 years, says he is innocent of the 1996 killing of Stacey Stites in Bastrop County.
Seven Texans facing federal execution given ... - The Texas Tribune
Dec 23, 2024 · On the same day that President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of seven Texans, Gov. Greg Abbott issued his own set of pardons.
Lawsuit: Texas death row conditions are “cruel, inhumane and …
Jan 26, 2023 · Men sentenced to death in Texas are held in isolation until their execution dates, with little human contact, medical care or legal help, according to a lawsuit filed to improve …
Texas’ highest criminal court orders new trial for death row inmate ...
Nov 6, 2024 · SAN ANTONIO — A Texas appeals court ordered a new trial Wednesday for a Jewish man on death row — who was part of a gang of prisoners that fatally shot a police …