Texas executions decline, but death penalty system remains flawed
The Texas Tribune reported last week that the population of Death Row and the number of executions carried out continues to ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN6d
Fewer Texans sentenced to death, executed amid “evolving standards of decency”
Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...
She married death row inmate Steven Nelson in December. In 2 weeks, Texas will execute him.
"What their story shows is that redemption is possible, even in the most horrific of circumstances," Rev. Jeff Hood said of ...
Inmate Describes How Execution Days Change Prison
Texas inmate Cesar Hernandez details the execution day for Ramiro Gonzales in an essay for the Prison Journalism Project.
Church of murdered pastor supports execution. Another man of God says it should be stopped
Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson at NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington, just west ...
KVUE6d
Fewer Texans sentenced to death, executed amid 'evolving standards of decency'
Quickly, the state became the United States’ top executioner and is among the top three in imposing death sentences. At the turn of the century in 2000, the population on Texas’ death row ...
The Texas Observer5d
‘How Innocent Do They Have to Be?’: Texas’ First Scheduled Execution of 2025 Raises Thorny Questions
Steven Nelson says he was a lookout for a robbery that ended in a pastor’s death. He’s set to be killed by the state February 5.
USA Today5d
Church of murdered pastor supports execution. Another man of God says it should be stopped
The Rev. Jeff Hood, a death row spiritual adviser and anti ... with five of them occurring in Texas. Texas has seen the most executions since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in ...