The 3rd District Court of Appeals cleared the way for prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Julio Montez Morris, accused in a witness-elimination murder.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUSTIN (The Texas Tribune) — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday rejected a lower court's finding that death row ...

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The execution of a woman who claims she was wrongly convicted of killing her 2-year-old daughter has been thrown back into legal limbo.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas court on Thursday rejected a ruling that a woman on death row for 18 years is innocent of capital murder in the killing of her 2-year-old daughter in a case that attracted ...

The next governor of Florida will inherit the nation’s second-largest death row population — and with it, a legacy of ...

TEXAS, USA — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday rejected a lower ...