Those housed in the O'Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...

During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

Arizona to execute first death row inmate in two years - Aaron Brian Gunches, who was convicted in 2007 in the 2002 shooting ...

An electronic sign outside a Palatine church has sparked controversy with its use of metaphorical immigration-related language. “Heaven has strict immigration laws, hell has ope ...

Kim Leadbeater suggests allowing psychiatrists and social workers to approve applications under new amendments ...

From the daily newsletter: an editor’s note from Daniel Zalewski. Plus: Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion on Martha Stewart; ...

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

Texas's first female condemned killer received special permission to leave jail and be baptized at New Light Baptist Church ...

I Am Ready, Warden,” nominated for an Oscar, follows John Henry Ramirez in the days before he was executed in Texas for murder. It also spotlights the sons of both Ramirez and his victim.

The video showcased Teddy's dramatic before-and-after transformation, with the puppy appearing much tidier post-trim. Reimche explained that the groomer's staff were very accommodating, allowing her ...

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...