The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDJC) broke ground on their 64,000 square feet training facility on Thursday. The new Huntsville training facility is expected to be completed in summer 2026 ...

An execution date has been set for the man convicted of killing an elderly Garland convenience store clerk by setting her on fire more than a decade ago. Matthew Lee Johnson, 49, is scheduled to be ...

Steven Nelson, 38, was sentenced to death in 2012, a year after he was found guilty of murdering Arlington pastor Clint ...

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

The latest Texas Department Of Criminal Justice news from The Texas Tribune. By Pooja Salhotra Feb. 6, 2025 Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money ...

Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a record low.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) announced the expansion of its Virtual Court Program, a groundbreaking ...