The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially back in the prisons.

Yolanda Saldivar, the woman convicted of murdering rising star Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez in 1995, is seeking ...

Officials at an Anderson County prison say water service has been fixed after families of inmates raised concerns.

With a 2-1 decision, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last week sent Brittany Marlowe Holberg's 1998 murder conviction ...

: The Texas Department of Criminal Justice reported Tuesday morning that water and water pressure has been restored at the ...

“The health and safety of our staff and inmate population is our highest priority,” Haney said.

A federal appeals court tossed Brittany Holberg's death sentence after it found that prosecutors failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.

The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, court records ...

Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...