HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder ...
Several appeals in some of Texas’ highest-profile capital punishment cases are set for 2026 as the state continues to maintain a historically low number of executions. 2025 marked the second year ...
Charles Don Flores on Texas Death Row in 2021. The Court of Criminal Appeals denied Flores' appeal challenging his death sentence for a 1998 Farmers Branch murder. Texas’ highest criminal court has ...
In December 2024, an all-Democrat court in Austin was set to hear the appeal of an Austin police officer convicted of shooting and killing a mentally ill man when an order arrived from the Texas ...