Separated from the general prison population, Texas death row inmates spend at least 22 hours a day alone in their cells.

The busiest death chamber in the country is located inside the maximum-security prison in Huntsville, Texas, known as the ...

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A Longview veteran received a life-changing companion this weekend thanks to a special program from Rusk County Pets Alive. The Fletcher Project, a new initiative created by Texas Department of ...

If unclaimed after an execution, the state pays for cremation or burial, and the remains are buried at the Captain Joe Byrd ...

Robert Allan Corbell, 74, of Brady, Texas, was sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of ...

The likes of Ronnie Lee Gardner, Ted Bundy, and Nelson Shelton had some interesting final requests before their deaths.

Texas DPS has caught Dante Odom, a 52-year-old on the Most Wanted Sex Offender list, after a citizen's tip in Houston.