Judge Austin Reeve Jackson set Robert Roberson's execution for Oct. 16, almost exactly a year after the Texas Supreme Court ...

In a Wednesday hearing, a Texas judge set a new execution date for Robert Roberson after he was granted a last-minute stay in 2024.

A Texas judge on Wednesday set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, a death row inmate who says he is innocent of murder ...

Death penalty or no death penalty, Thomas used the Ruben Gutierrez case to carry on his crusade of constitutional purification. And it shows the depth of his commitment to turning back the ...

The US has carried out 25 executions this year, with 60% concentrated in Florida, Texas, and South Carolina, while new death ...

The Florida Supreme Court has upheld death sentences in two separate court cases. In one, out of the Florida Keys, the justices acknowledged improper statements made by a prosecutor, but rejected ...

A Texas death row inmate has standing to bring a §1983 due process claim challenging the state’s postconviction DNA testing procedures, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 in reversing a decision ...

The decisions of the Supreme Court reverberate throughout the nation, defining the limits of government power and often directing our culture.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Texas death row inmate can challenge the constitutionality of the state’s DNA testing law in his bid to have DNA evidence from his case tested. In a 6 ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Texas death row inmate who is seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution.

The Supreme Court granted Texas death row inmate Ruben Gutierrez the right to sue over DNA testing laws as he argues he shouldn't be given the death penalty for the 1998 murder he was convicted of.