The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned Joe David Padron's murder conviction after he spent two decades in prison ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has vacated the capital murder conviction of Joe David Padron, agreeing that false ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the murder conviction of a Corpus Christi man who was serving life in prison for a 2002 double homicide.

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of the prosecutor’s office that originally put him on death row.

Here’s what to know about the Texas Seven, including their escape from a South Texas prison, subsequent crime spree and ...

A judge could soon decide if the Dallas County District Attorney will be recused from the case of Randy Halprin, one of the ...

More than 50 Venezuelans were believed to be scheduled to be flown out of the country, presumably to El Salvador, from an ...

There was no explanation from the justices about why Escobar’s appeal met a different fate. Unlike in Glossip’s case, Escobar is not facing imminent execution. The Texas Court of Criminal ...

There was no explanation from the justices about why Escobar's appeal met a different fate. Unlike in Glossip's case, Escobar is not facing imminent execution. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ...

Section 460.20 of the Criminal Procedure has long provided in pertinent regard: “A certificate granting leave to appeal *** is an order of a judge” (subd. 1) “issued by a judge of the court ...

The case against one of the Texas 7 death row inmates is on hold until a judge can hear a motion to recuse Dallas County ...