An NBC News analysis of final statements from prisoners on Texas’ death row shows that some convey a readiness to die. Others ...

Edward Busby’s execution underscores the arbitrariness, cost and moral failures of Texas’ death penalty system, Nan Tolson writes.

Death row inmate Tony Carruthers was in pain as the executioners tried to find a vein and there was "lots of blood," one of ...

Thursday’s execution was blocked by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals “pending further order” from the court.

Two executions on May 14 were the first in a series of five scheduled across the country over eight days.

Edward Busby was executed by lethal injection Thursday, reinforcing Texas’ position as the nation's leader in capital punishment.

Charles Flores sits on death row in Texas, convicted with the help of testimony from a witness that had been hypnotized in ...

Charles Flores has been on death row for 26 years, after he was convicted of the 1998 murder of Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Black in ...

Tiana Krasniqi told how her 'brain couldn't comprehend what her eyes were seeing' as she witnessed James Broadnax's final ...

The Texas execution chamber in Huntsville. Edward Busby, convicted of capital murder in Tarrant County, became the 600th inmate to be executed in Texas since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.