A Looming Execution Raises Questions of Race, Responsibility, and Rap
James Broadnax is set to be executed April 30. But someone else has admitted to the crime.
Death Penalty
‘How Innocent Do They Have to Be?’: Texas’ First Scheduled Execution of 2025 Raises Thorny Questions
Steven Nelson says he was a lookout for a robbery that ended in a pastor’s death. He’s set to be killed by the state February 5.
The Questions the Death Penalty Cannot Answer
“I Am Ready, Warden,” a new short documentary, exposes the unresolved pain on all sides of a Texas execution.
In Texas’ High Criminal Court Races, the Stakes Are Life or Death
Bipartisan opposition to planned execution highlights power of state’s top criminal appeals court as Paxton-backed candidates and Dem opponents vie for open seats.
Texas Plans to Execute Man After Courts Refuse DNA Tests
Ruben Gutierrez was convicted of murder in 1999 under Texas’ “Law of Parties.” He says he had nothing to do with the killing.
An Open Letter to Richard Linklater on Our Texas Death Penalty
Capital punishment ensnares us all in a labyrinth of our own making, as your new film poignantly reveals.
Podcasting’s New Poirot: Broadcasting the Case of the Late Ivan Cantu
A private eye spent four years investigating a death row innocence claim and sharing his findings with tens of thousands.
‘It’s the South’: Harris County Sends 15 Times More Black Men to Death Row than White
Texas’ largest county remains the state’s deadliest when it comes to capital murder convictions, a new report says.
Ivan Cantu Is Set to Be Executed. But Did He Get a Fair Trial?
So far, Texas courts have refused to hear new legal arguments that could support the Dallas man’s innocence.
Amarillo Man to Be Executed Based Largely on One Discredited ‘Expert’ Witness
Brent Brewer was convicted of the 1990 murder of Robert Laminack.