James Staley’s capital murder conviction was reversed by the Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth, and both the prosecution ...

No hearing dates were set in the death penalty case against convicted El Paso serial killer David Leonard Wood.

A recent homicide in Dallas is the latest to involve a Cuban national charged with decapitating a victim in the U. S.

Exonerees are urging the Texas courts to halt the execution of Robert Roberson and review new evidence in his case, warning ...

The Fifth Circuit Court is highest court so far to rule against Trump’s use of the law to deport Venezuelan migrants.

A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans he alleges are part of a criminal gang. The 5th U.S. Circuit ...

A former Texas Christian University student filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the school, arguing its sexual assault ...

Requiring everyone to pay for their freedom could lead to more costly jail beds consumed by low-risk defendants.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a law strengthening the rights of pregnant workers, vacating a judge’s earlier order that had stripped those protections from Texas state employees.

Officials at a Texas university cannot block a student-led LGBTQ+ organization from hosting drag shows on campus, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The 2-1 ruling from the New Orleans-based 5th US ...

New laws range from school vouchers and water infrastructure funding to a ban on city and county-funded abortion travel funds ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office filed an appeal Thursday following a federal judge’s decision to temporarily block the state’s Ten Commandments display law from going into effect in Texas schools ...