The Texas House gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of 2032.

The Utah Supreme Court has ruled that “numerous constitutional violations” during the trial and sentencing of a man who spent ...

The changes suggested to Texas' junk science law come from an out-of-session committee meeting that happened at the end of ...

Anthony Wainwright, 54, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on June 10 for the kidnapping, rape and murder of Carmen ...

Last year, lawmakers waded into a dramatic feud over the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson, seen as the embodiment of ...

Jarred Dwayne Shaw, 34, was arrested May 7 after police allegedly found more than 30 ounces of marijuana candies in his apartment.

Fifteen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 12 other people are scheduled to be put to ...

Fifteen men have been executed in the United States this year, and twelve more are scheduled to die in the coming months, as ...