Texas executions decline, but death penalty system remains flawed
The Texas Tribune reported last week that the population of Death Row and the number of executions carried out continues to ...
Church of murdered pastor supports execution. Another clergyman says it should be stopped
Ecclesiastical lines have been drawn over the fate of Texas death row inmate Steven Nelson, with one church saying his ...
She married death row inmate Steven Nelson in December. In 2 weeks, Texas will execute him.
"What their story shows is that redemption is possible, even in the most horrific of circumstances," Rev. Jeff Hood said of ...
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‘How Innocent Do They Have to Be?’: Texas’ First Scheduled Execution of 2025 Raises Thorny Questions
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.
Fewer Texans sentenced to death, executed amid 'evolving standards of decency'
Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...
Inmate Describes How Execution Days Change Prison
Texas inmate Cesar Hernandez details the execution day for Ramiro Gonzales in an essay for the Prison Journalism Project.
Texas Standard12d
‘I Am Ready, Warden’ follows a man facing execution and two sons who lost their fathers
John Henry Ramirez took the life of Pablo Castro. A new documentary tells the story of how his victim’s son, and his own, ...
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Adds 2003 Leatherface
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has finally got its hands on one of the most requested additions to the game: the 2003 version ...
Christians argue death penalty in controversial North Texas murder case
Steven Nelson is on death row for murdering a pastor, but Christians are split on who gets the final say—God or the court?
Austin American-Statesman5d
She married death row inmate Steven Nelson in December. In 2 weeks, Texas will execute him.
Is Texas in a 'reckoning' over the death penalty? Nelson's execution approaches on the heels of a blizzard of media attention and political advocacy on behalf of another Texas death row inmate ...
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Fewer Texans sentenced to death, executed amid ‘evolving standards of decency’
Ten executions are currently scheduled nationally for 2025, four of which are in Texas. Those four scheduled do not include Robert Roberson, whose execution has not yet been rescheduled after it ...