Texas has, by far, led the nation in executions since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. These are the Dallas County ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRE) - A man convicted in the 2014 machete slaying of a Houston-area teen was murdered in his cell at Polunsky prison. According to a report from the Attorney General’s office, ...

As he stepped out of his prison cell, Rudy Medrano couldn't figure out what to do with his hands. Cross them in front of his chest? Dangle them awkwardly by his side? During the nearly two decades ...

“I am ready to go. I am ready, Warden.” These were the last words of death row inmate John Henry Ramirez shortly before his execution in the Polunsky Unit of the Department of Criminal Justice in ...

The Polunsky Unit on Jan. 31, 2024. The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission recommended Wednesday for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to close some correctional facilities with staffing ...

Robert Roberson, an East Texas man facing execution for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, poses for a photo at the TDCJ Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Juan ...

A combination sink and toilet sit in the open in the recreation room in a section of death row at the Texas prison system’s Polunsky Unit near Livingston, Texas, on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2001. The ...

Politicians pushing for Robert Roberson’s exoneration visited the death row inmate at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Livingston Friday. Roberson will be executed this month if Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ...

HOUSTON - State Sen. John Whitmire blasted the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, saying Friday the agency must do a better job of curbing contraband after a death row chaplain admitted he posted ...

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...

The attorney for East Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson, who has faced execution multiple times but maintained his innocence, hopes a recent ruling from the New Jersey Supreme Court could help ...