The mother of Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed died after years of publicly advocating for her son’s innocence claims.

James Broadnax has spent nearly half his life on Texas death row for the 2008 killings of Stephen Swan, 26, and Matthew Butler, 28, outside their Garland music studio. A Dallas County jury sentenced ...

The Texas death row case of James Broadnax highlights growing concerns over the use of rap lyrics as evidence in ...

Attorneys for a Black man scheduled to be executed in Texas say the introduction of rap lyrics he wrote biased an almost ...

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Texas’ highest criminal court has overturned the death sentence of a Harris County man who was on death row for nearly half a century.

Clarence Curtis Jordan was convicted in 1978 but hadn’t had a lawyer for over 30 years ...

James Broadnax’s scheduled execution in Texas has intensified scrutiny of prosecutors’ use of rap lyrics as evidence, a tactic his lawyers argue fuelled racial bias in his death sentence. Studies show ...

A British woman is marrying a death row convicted double murderer today despite the fact the couple have never touched ...

The day before her wedding, a 31-year-old woman discussed how she is marrying a man on death row about two weeks before he is ...

Read full article: San Antonio councilwoman requested to rename César E. Chávez Blvd., wants city to help pay for it Texas’ highest criminal court has overturned the death sentence of a Harris County ...