He was the first death row inmate in the U.S. to die by lethal injection. Since 1976, Texas has ranked first in the num­ber of exe­cu­tions car­ried out in the U.S. Between 1977 and 2021 ...

It's a known fact that Texas Death Row is one of the most well-known and heavily scrutinized death penalty systems in the United States. Texas has the highest execution rate in the country, with a ...

At the turn of the century in 2000, the population on Texas’ death row reached a record high of 459 inmates and officials carried out 40 executions, the most in a single year. Decades later ...

As of January 2025, a slim majority of U.S. states, as well as the United States government and military, have the death penalty. This Five-for-Five takes a look at the intersection of gender-based ...

When she began writing letters to a man on Texas’ death row, Noa Dubois had no intention of finding a husband. Instead, the now-29-year-old was searching for someone who would understand her ...

A Texas death row inmate has filed a lawsuit against prison officials, who reportedly refused to allow a pastor to lay hands on him during his execution. The attorneys for death row inmate, John Henry ...

The 2025 Academy Awards are just around the corner, and a documentary on a Texas death row prisoner is receiving recognition. Called "I Am Ready, Warden," the Oscar-nominated film deals with ...

By the end of 2024, the total number on death row reached 6,161 — a significant increase from 2022, when death row prisoners numbered 3,226, according to a 2024 report by Justice Project Pakistan.

In February 2022, days before he took the stage at the Super Bowl halftime show, hit-making rapper Snoop Dogg announced he’d acquired his longtime record label Death Row Records along with the ...