For Charles Victor Thompson, the one constant in his life has been the almost three decades he's spent as Inmate No. 00999306 in a small, isolated prison After 27 years on Texas Death Row, Charles ...

More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

Texas woman convicted of gruesome murder appeals death sentence, claiming prosecutors used humiliating evidence improperly.

Days before his execution, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday sent the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson ...

The execution of Robert Roberson, a 58-year-old Texas death row inmate convicted of killing his daughter, has been paused for a third time.

Separated from the general prison population, Texas death row inmates spend at least 22 hours a day alone in their cells.

Robert Roberson's execution is halted under the state's "junk science" law that allows courts to re-examine convictions based on outdated science.

Roberson, convicted of capital murder in 2003 for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, will continue to push for a new trial. He has maintained his innocence.

More than 1,600 prisoners have been executed since the late 1970s. The largest number of executions has been carried out in ...

The United States executed two death row inmates on Thursday evening -- one in Alabama and the other in Texas -- during a year that has seen an uptick in inmates being put to death.

Texas executed Blaine Milam for killing 13-month-old Amora Carson in what prosecutors called an exorcism despite his claims ...