HOUSTON - State Sen. John Whitmire blasted the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, saying Friday the agency must do a better job of curbing contraband after a death row chaplain admitted he posted ...
Texas has, by far, led the nation in executions since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. These are the Dallas County ...
As he stepped out of his prison cell, Rudy Medrano couldn't figure out what to do with his hands. Cross them in front of his chest? Dangle them awkwardly by his side? During the nearly two decades ...
LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRE) - A man convicted in the 2014 machete slaying of a Houston-area teen was murdered in his cell at Polunsky prison. According to a report from the Attorney General’s office, ...
LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRE) - A correctional officer at the Polunsky prison in Livingston has been arrested following the death of an inmate on Monday. Ty Wilkerson, 26, of Riverside, is charged with ...
DALLAS — Just one week before he was scheduled to be put to death, the Court of Criminal Appeals blocked Robert Roberson’s execution, sending the case back to trial court. State Representative Lacey ...
The attorney for East Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson, who has faced execution multiple times but maintained his innocence, hopes a recent ruling from the New Jersey Supreme Court could help ...
LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRE) - A man convicted in the 2014 machete slaying of a Houston-area teen was murdered in his cell at Polunsky prison. According to a report from the Attorney General’s office, ...
LIVINGSTON, Texas — Romina Deeken is a classic beauty — long and lithe, cascading blond hair, green eyes set in alabaster — not the type of woman who needs to solicit attention from men. But last year ...