The busiest death chamber in the country is located inside the maximum-security prison in Huntsville, Texas, known as the ...

A Texas court has again granted a stay of execution to death row inmate Robert Roberson, who has long claimed he is innocent in the murder of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis, saying his ...

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

Roberson said he was placing his hopes for another execution stay in the hands of his lawyers, his supporters and God.

If unclaimed after an execution, the state pays for cremation or burial, and the remains are buried at the Captain Joe Byrd ...

On Thursday, Alabama is set to execute Geoffrey West by nitrogen gas. At the same time, Texas is scheduled to execute Blaine Milam by lethal injection.

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

HOUSTON, Texas -- Texas' top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder ...