For Charles Victor Thompson, the one constant in his life has been the almost three decades he's spent as Inmate No. 00999306 ...

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 ...

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

The United States executed two death row inmates on Thursday evening -- one in Alabama and the other in Texas -- during a year that has seen an uptick in inmates being put to death.

As Texas legislators clash over the contentious execution of Robert Roberson, representatives from East Texas have sided ...

Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson was subpoenaed to testify about the state's "junk science law" at a committee hearing ...

Two Texas Department of Criminal Justice employees have been arrested in connection with the death of an inmate at the William P. “Bill” Clements Unit in Amarillo, according to jail records and a ...

Texas executed Blaine Milam, 35, by lethal injection for the 2008 death of his girlfriend's baby daughter. Minutes later, Alabama executed Geoffrey West.