Texas lawmakers are pushing more than 100 bills to clamp down on crime, threatening to overcrowd the state’s jails and ...

The sound of electricity sizzling and crackling broke the silence. To me, it looked like the electric chair was officially ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals did not clarify why it halted the execution of David Wood in its order granting the stay.

Sylvester Thompson, 36, was arrested for evading arrest. GCSO said he escaped but was taken back into custody.

Around 4:25 a.m. Monday, 32-year-old Patrick Jones was arrested on an active theft warrant out of Dallas County, the Irving ...

Tyler Wakefield, 27, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after a Collin County judge heard "chilling" testimony of his ...

The American-Statesman found that local prosecutors in other major urban counties do not routinely miss the 90-day deadline ...

Sylvester Thompson escaped while being transported to jail. Thompson was found in a vehicle in Santa Fe, Texas. Thompson ...

Former North Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris has been indicted on five counts of lewd acts with a child. Here's ...

Robert Earl Cochran Jr., 63, of Alvin, received a 300-month federal prison sentence for distribution and possession of child ...

A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman’s death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to ...