/tags/texas-death-penalty Texas Death Penalty en-US Copyright Wed, 16 Jul 2025 18:04:34 GMT /criminal-justice/2025-07-16/robert-roberson-death-row-new-execution-date-set-texas-attorney-general-anderson-county-palestine After a roughly 20-minute hearing, Judge Austin Reeve Jackson rejected arguments by Roberson's attorney that his execution should be further delayed because of a pending appeal to the state's highest criminal court. Wed, 16 Jul 2025 18:04:34 GMT /criminal-justice/2025-07-16/robert-roberson-death-row-new-execution-date-set-texas-attorney-general-anderson-county-palestine Toluwani Osibamowo /texas-news/2025-07-15/attorney-general-ken-paxton-requests-death-row-inmate-robert-roberson-be-executed-oct-16 A court hearing on Wednesday will determine whether to proceed with Paxton’s request. Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:49:47 GMT /texas-news/2025-07-15/attorney-general-ken-paxton-requests-death-row-inmate-robert-roberson-be-executed-oct-16 Kayla Guo | The Texas Tribune, Stephen Simpson | The Texas Tribune /news/2025-06-26/u-s-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-texas-death-row-inmate-pushing-for-dna-evidence-tests Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that he says will prove he’s not a murderer. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 22:30:50 GMT /news/2025-06-26/u-s-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-texas-death-row-inmate-pushing-for-dna-evidence-tests Ayden Runnels | The Texas Tribune /texas-news/2025-06-18/new-execution-date-requested-for-robert-roberson The Texas Attorney General's office has taken over the Roberson case from the Anderson County District Attorney and has requested Roberson be immediately added to the death row calendar. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:02:59 GMT /texas-news/2025-06-18/new-execution-date-requested-for-robert-roberson David Martin Davies /texas-news/2025-04-23/texas-man-convicted-of-killing-ex-classmate-set-to-be-executed Moises Mendoza was convicted of murder in 2005 for killing a Farmersville woman and later burning her body. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:17:01 GMT /texas-news/2025-04-23/texas-man-convicted-of-killing-ex-classmate-set-to-be-executed Ayden Runnels | The Texas Tribune /news/2025-04-21/el-paso-walmart-shooter-receives-rebuke-and-forgiveness-as-he-gets-23-life-sentences Victims and families of the people who died in the 2019 attack offered impact testimonies as trial ends. "I have no more room for hate in my heart," said Yvonne Gonzalez, who lost her parents. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:05:01 GMT /news/2025-04-21/el-paso-walmart-shooter-receives-rebuke-and-forgiveness-as-he-gets-23-life-sentences Aaron Montes /texas-news/2025-02-13/a-sisterhood-of-nuns-is-quietly-emerging-on-texas-death-row Those housed in the O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a particular Catholic order. Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:06:20 GMT /texas-news/2025-02-13/a-sisterhood-of-nuns-is-quietly-emerging-on-texas-death-row Laura Rice | The Texas Standard /texas-news/2025-02-05/texas-man-set-to-be-executed-for-killing-a-pastor-in-his-own-arlington-church Steven Lawayne Nelson was condemned to die by lethal injection for the 2011 killing of 28-year-old Rev. Clinton Dobson. Dobson was beaten, strangled and suffocated with a plastic bag an Arlington church during a robbery. Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:53:51 GMT /texas-news/2025-02-05/texas-man-set-to-be-executed-for-killing-a-pastor-in-his-own-arlington-church The Associated Press /texas-news/2024-12-20/texas-house-panel-may-never-hear-robert-robersons-testimony-after-new-legal-move Attorney General Ken Paxton sought to delay legal proceedings until Jan. 13 — the day before the committee disbands — even as lawmakers vowed to continue fighting to hear from Roberson. Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:30:15 GMT /texas-news/2024-12-20/texas-house-panel-may-never-hear-robert-robersons-testimony-after-new-legal-move Kayla Guo | The Texas Tribune /criminal-justice/2024-12-19/texas-death-penalty-2024-tarrant-county This is the first time since 2014 that a Texas county has sent more than one person to death row in a single year, according to a new report from the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:00:00 GMT /criminal-justice/2024-12-19/texas-death-penalty-2024-tarrant-county Miranda Suarez