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Texas execution in October renews calls for rarely granted clemency
A Texas man set to die this month is at the center of another push for clemency in the U.S., this time backed by several GOP lawmakers and bestselling author John Grisham, who say a father’s 2002 conviction for killing his infant daughter deserves a second look.
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Supreme Court to weigh a Texas death row case after halting execution
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would help prove he didn’t kill an 85-year-old woman during a home robbery decades ago.
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Texas prisons' staffing crisis and outdated systems endanger guards and inmates: Report
A new report says the sprawling prison and criminal justice system in Texas is facing a dangerous staffing crisis that puts inmates and staff at risk.
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Promoter sentenced after fraudulent Southfork Ranch concert scheme, DOJ says
A Florida man is headed to federal prison after federal investigators say he took roughly $3 million from investors for concerts that were supposed to be held at Southfork Ranch.
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DNA proves man who died in Texas prison attacked 3 Indiana girls 50 years ago, police say
A man who died in a Texas prison decades ago has been identified as the person who abducted and stabbed three Indiana girls and left them in a cornfield nearly 50 years ago, police said, citing DNA evidence.
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David Renteria executed for 2001 killing of 5-year-old girl abducted from a store
A Texas man convicted of strangling a 5-year-old girl who was taken from a Walmart store nearly 22 years ago and burning her body was executed Thursday evening.
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Man who said his death sentence was based on false expert testimony executed
A Texas man who said his death sentence was based on false and unscientific expert testimony was executed Thursday evening for killing a man during a robbery decades ago.
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Appeals court stops planned execution of Texas inmate convicted of killing a fellow prisoner
Less than five hours before his scheduled execution in Texas an appeals court granted a stay for William Speer.
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Death row inmate with 40-year mental illness history ruled not competent to be executed
A Texas death row inmate with a long history of mental illness, and who tried to call Jesus Christ and John F. Kennedy as trial witnesses, is not competent to be executed, a federal judge ruled.
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Victims' families react to news convicted killer Billy Chemirmir was killed in prison by a cellmate
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says Billy Chemirmir was killed by his cellmate at the Coffield Correctional Facility near Palestine. An investigation into his death is now underway. NBC 5’s Katy Blakey reports, for victims’ families, the news brought complex emotions.
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Suspected serial killer Billy Chemirmir killed in prison
Billy Chemirmir, a man convicted of killing two people and accused in the deaths of nearly two dozen others, was found dead in his cell in a Texas state prison early Tuesday morning, NBC 5 has learned.
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Convicted murderer Billy Chemirmir killed by cellmate in Texas prison: TDCJ
Billy Chemirmir, a man convicted of killing two people and accused in the deaths of nearly two dozen others, has died in a state prison, NBC 5 has learned.
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Statewide lockdown and searches ending, Texas Department of Criminal Justice says
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is completing all statewide lockdowns as searches complete.
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice locks down correctional facilities statewide
The department said it is implementing a systemwide lockdown in order to conduct comprehensive contraband searches at correctional facilities in Texas.
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All prisoners accounted for after fire at Texas prison forces evacuation
Fire broke out Friday morning at a state prison in Texas, forcing more than 650 inmates to evacuate but injuring no one, an official said.
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Texas's position on the rights of a fetus in tension after a prison guard's stillbirth
The state of Texas is questioning the legal rights of an “unborn child” in arguing against a lawsuit brought by a prison guard who says she had a stillborn baby because prison officials refused to let her leave work.