Texas has scheduled four executions in 2026 for inmates on death row. The cases involve multiple murders, including crimes ...

John’s vision for strong, independent journalism lives on through your gift today. The latest Texas Department Of Criminal Justice news from The Texas Tribune. By Brandi Grissom June 21, 2013 The ...

The Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, or Huntsville Unit, opened in 1849, and houses Texas' execution chamber. Two-third of state-run jails and prisons in Texas are not fulled air conditioned.

A judge ordered an Oct. 16 execution date for death row inmate Robert Roberson Wednesday upon the Texas Attorney General’s request — almost exactly a year after he narrowly avoided execution when ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Sandra Bland was arrested in Texas in 2015 and found dead in her jail cell days later. Now, lawmakers are introducing the Sandra Bland Act in honor of the Chicago area native. Its ...

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Baldamar Palacio Martinez, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender, was apprehended on January 7, 2026, in San Angelo, Texas.

Perry signs executive order creating state Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center, basically reconstituting Texas’ Criminal Justice Policy Council, which he axed back in 2003 Flimsy distinctions ...

SB 1124, which could have implications on the Michael Morton Act, was heard in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee Tuesday. Jay Janner is a staff photographer at the Austin American-Statesman where, ...

Antonio Rodriguez Jr., a fugitive on Texas' 10 Most Wanted list, was apprehended on January 7, 2026, in Pasadena, Texas. The ...

Governor Rick Perry today honored 19 recipients of the 2008 Governor's Criminal Justice Volunteer Service Awards and the Carol S. Vance Volunteer of the Year. Recipients volunteered more than 500,000 ...

DALLAS, Oct. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Democrats launch campaigns this week for the Texas Supreme Court and Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Democrats are planning to campaign for every statewide ...