Death Row

Public radio stations from across the state collaborated on this series looking at the death penalty in Texas – its history, how it’s changed, whom it…

The death penalty in the U.S. is under scrutiny after a series of botched executions. Some death row lawyers and activists say the repeated delays are torture for prisoners like Richard Glossip.

From Texas Standard:For 35 years, Jerry Hartfield sat in a prison awaiting trial — and now he’s finally getting one. Hartfield was convicted in 1977 of…

Sunday is Father's Day, and as we celebrate the fathers in our lives, we realize that roles are changing.Little by little, more men are participating in…

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay Monday afternoon in the case of Death Row inmate Rodney Reed. Reed was accused of the 1996 murder of…

The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday put a stop to the upcoming execution of convicted killer Lester Bower.Bower, 67, was scheduled to be executed in the…

The justices ruled that a lower federal court needs to re-examine the case of Russell Bucklew, who was hours away from being put to death when he was granted a temporary stay on Tuesday.

The execution would have been the first since Oklahoma botched one in April. A court ruled that Robert Campbell's lawyers could not fairly prepare a claim of ineligibility for the death penalty.

Update: After Tuesday night's botched execution in Oklahoma, Texas corrections officials say they have no plans to use midazolam in future executions.…

The aborted execution of Clayton Lockett, who died of a heart attack, and problems in other states have sparked calls for a reassessment.