Texas has executed condemned inmate Michael Rodriguez, convicted of taking part in killing a Dallas-area police officer nearly eight years ago while a member of the infamous “Texas 7″ gang of escaped fugitives.

Texas has executed a 32-year-old man convicted of gunning down two video store workers during a robbery 14 years ago in Dallas.

Texas has executed a 32-year-old man convicted of gunning down two video store workers during a robbery 14 years ago in Dallas.

For the second time this week, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal from an illegal immigrant facing execution in Texas.

With the parents of his victims watching a few feet away, a Mexican-born condemned killer apologized before he was executed for his part in a horrific attack on two teenage girls 15 years ago.

Condemned prisoner Jose Medellin looked to the federal courts to keep him from the death chamber Tuesday for his part in the gang rape, beating and strangling of two teenage girls 15 years ago.

Texas executed condemned inmate Larry Donnell Davis on Thursday for orchestrating and taking part in the robbery and fatal stabbing and beating of a man in Amarillo 13 years ago.

Texas has put to death a killer whose execution was once blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court as it considered a challenge to lethal injection.The execution of Carlton Turner was carried out Thursday night after the same court refused to issue a last-minute...

Two convicts whose escape from a work detail last year led to the death of a corrections officer pleaded not guilty Thursday to capital murder.Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Jerry Martin, 38, and John Ray Falk, 41, Walker County prosecutor...