Texas inmate Cesar Hernandez details the execution day for Ramiro Gonzales in an essay for the Prison Journalism Project.

Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson at NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington, just west ...

The Texas Tribune reported last week that the population of Death Row and the number of executions carried out continues to ...

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...

Hours before he was scheduled to become the first person in the country to be executed based on evidence of what used to be ...

Steven Nelson, convicted for the 2011 murder of a pastor, is scheduled for execution in Texas on Feb. 5. The church where the murder occurred supports the execution, citing biblical justification ...

Steven Nelson says he was a lookout for a robbery that ended in a pastor’s death. He’s set to be killed by the state February 5.

"What their story shows is that redemption is possible, even in the most horrific of circumstances," Rev. Jeff Hood said of ...

Protesters unload signs and speakers outside of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Huntsville unit shortly before Robert Roberson's scheduled execution on October 17, 2024. Hours later ...

Texas has seen the most executions since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1978, putting 591 people to death. If his execution moves forward, Nelson will be the first inmate ...