An execution date has been set for a man convicted of committing a murder during a robbery more than 20 years ago.

HOUSTON, Texas -- A judge has delayed next week's scheduled execution of a man convicted of killing three teenagers while they slept in a Texas Panhandle home more than 25 years ago. John Balentine, ...

A 55-year-old man convicted in the double killing of his ex-girlfriend and her new lover in 1998 is slated for execution in ...

Robert Roberson's attorneys have asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to stay his Oct. 16 execution date. They are asking for a stay so the court can consider his request for a new trial without ...

A Texas woman who was set to be executed this week has been granted a stay of execution. Melissa Lucio was convicted of killing her 2-year-old daughter in the South Texas town of Harlingen. Lucio was ...

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Arizona Department of Corrections / AP Thirty-eight-year-old Lisa Ann Coleman was executed in Texas today, 10 years following her conviction for the murder of her girlfriend's son, 9-year-old Davontae ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Texas executed Manuel Vasquez Wednesday evening for carrying out a Mexican Mafia hit on a San Antonio woman, burning her alive. But now the state has only one remaining lethal ...

A death row prisoner in Arkansas is begging the state to kill him, but his death wish is being stalled by a lawsuit from 10 other inmates trying to stop a highly controversial execution method. Scotty ...

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