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The Criminal Jurisprudence Committee plans to issue a new subpoena to the death row inmate for a Dec. 20 hearing if Attorney General Ken Paxton鈥檚 office does not cooperate.

Joshua Keith Beasley Jr. was taken into custody when he was 11 years old. Five years later, he died by suicide in 2023 in an adult prison in Brazoria County.

Texas House members are weighing whether the shaken baby syndrome theory should have been used in convicting Robert Roberson of the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter.

The state鈥檚 highest civil court said it wants a lower court to resolve a separation-of-powers issue raised by a group of Texas lawmakers who subpoenaed the death row inmate the night before he was set to be put to death.

Under a little-known Texas elections law, state prison inmates who are actively appealing their convictions are eligible to register and vote.

More than 10,000 books are banned inside Texas prisons.

Ben Spencer was accused in part because of false testimony. He was formally exonerated in a Dallas court on Thursday.

The governing board of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department is disputing the accuracy of a report by the U.S. Department of Justice that alleged widespread mental, physical and sexual abuse in the state鈥檚 youth facilities.

Newly released autopsies show extreme temperatures in state prisons may have contributed to multiple recent deaths behind bars. But the state says heat hasn鈥檛 killed any prisoners in more than a decade. A lawsuit challenging Texas prison heat protocols will be heard in federal court on Tuesday.

NPR identified the company that provided Texas with execution drugs and uncovered that state and federal authorities alleged the pharmacy and some of its owners violated laws meant to protect patients

The Texas Civil Rights Project is seeking class-action status for its suit alleging the state's prison system puts inmates in unconstitutionally long and unsanitary housing assignments for violating certain rules.

Brewer lost a clemency appeal earlier this week, despite one of his jurors pleading that his life be spared and an expert witness鈥� methods put into question. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to pause Brewer鈥檚 execution Thursday afternoon to hear arguments about the 鈥渏unk science鈥� used against him.