A Texas man who once escaped custody and spent three days on the run after being sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ...

Texas has scheduled four executions in 2026 for inmates on death row. The cases involve multiple murders, including crimes against children and elderly victims. HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Four convicted ...

Charles Victor Thompson, a Texas inmate convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend in 1998, was executed by ...

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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 ...

Charles Don Flores on Texas Death Row in 2021. The Court of Criminal Appeals denied Flores' appeal challenging his death sentence for a 1998 Farmers Branch murder. Texas’ highest criminal court has ...

Texas Department of Criminal Justice public relations officer Larry Fitzgerald (l) with Texas Death Row author Bill Crawford Credit: Photo By Neil Coleman If you live in Texas this October, you no ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left to right: James Broadnax, Cedric Ricks, Edward Busby Jr., and Charles Thompson. All are scheduled to be executed in ...

Texas' highest criminal court on Thursday blocked Robert Roberson's execution a week before it was set to take place, sending his case back to trial court. Roberson was convicted of capital murder in ...