He has claimed his innocence for roughly two decades with his lawyer citing junk science or the Shaken Baby Syndrome as the ...

A Houston-area man convicted of killing his wife died this week after more than three decades on death row, marking the second condemned prisoner to die behind bars in the past month. Prison ...

Reforms have been implemented in Texas and other states to avoid mistakes that send innocent people to death row. However, ...

Robert Roberson, convicted of the death of his two-year-old daughter in 2003, faces a new execution date despite new evidence ...

Last year, the high court granted Ruben Gutierrez a reprieve 20 minutes before he was to receive a lethal injection.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 opinion that Texas death row prisoner Ruben Gutierrez should be permitted to continue his lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's post ...

Justices side with Texas death row inmate seeking DNA test to avoid execution A 6-3 Supreme Court decision gives the inmate a potential path to have evidence tested to prove he was not responsible ...

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 for Ruben Gutierrez, a Texas death row inmate, granting a path for DNA testing that could impact his execution eligibility.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 for Ruben Gutierrez, a Texas death row inmate, granting a path for DNA testing that could impact his execution eligibility.