James Broadnax's execution date is scheduled for April 30 in the state of Texas.

In his appeal, James Broadnax, who also wants a new trial, included a signed confession by his cousin saying he committed the 2008 Garland murders.

Cedric Ricks, 51, was condemned for the May 2013 killings of 30-year-old Roxann Sanchez and her son Anthony Figueroa.

A Texas death row inmate who killed his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son used his final moments before execution Wednesday to apologize to the woman’s surviving son — whom he stabbed 25 times ...

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed’s fight for DNA testing nearly three years after allowing his bid to prove his innocence to move forward, a move that ...

The justices left in place a ruling against Reed from the federal appeals court in New Orleans for the second time in less ...

With 42 days until his scheduled execution, James Broadnax filed a new appeal in his capital murder conviction on Thursday with a signed confession from his codefendant claiming he, not Broadnax, had ...