Gloria Rubac remembers the thick crowd, primarily composed of students from Sam Houston State University, and the way they cheered outside the red-brick Texas State Penitentiary as the sun set. Having ...

As the new documentary “Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers” rolls out on Netflix, offering previously unreleased interview footage and fresh context on Aileen Wuornos’ life and crimes, the true‑crime ...

At 44 executions and three more on the schedule, 2025 is on track to be the deadliest year on American death rows in more than a decade. Texas has, by far, led the nation in executions since the death ...

A report by A human rights organisation, Hope Behind Bars Africa (HBBA) has shown that 82 Nigerian women are currently on death row in various correctional centres. The organisation described the ...

She's a death row survivor, but she doesn't think she's really any different from her friends who are still set to die. Pam Perillo greets me at the door of her trailer, the yaps of a chihuahua named ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and a firsthand account from a reporter who witnessed an execution here.