Rap music on trial: Upcoming Texas execution stirs national debate

Prominent rappers like Travis Scott are weighing in at the Supreme Court about the upcoming execution of James Broadnax in ...

Texas puts man to death for a retired professor’s killing in its 600th execution since 1982

Edward Busby Jr. was pronounced dead hours after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay over his disabilities claims.

Killer becomes 600th executed by Texas after Supreme Court clears the way

Edward Busby's execution had been on hold for nearly a week but a decision by the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed it to move forward.
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Woman Is Marrying a Convicted Double Murderer on Death Row 2 Weeks Before Execution: 'Nobody's Going to Understand It'

James Broadnax's execution is scheduled for April 30 in Texas This Morning/YouTube; Texas Department of Criminal Justice Tiana Krasniqi plans to marry James Broadnax, a death row inmate convicted of a ...

After 5 decades and 600 executions, these are the last words on Texas’ death row

An NBC News analysis of final statements from prisoners on Texas’ death row shows that some convey a readiness to die. Others ...

Texas, Florida carry out back-to-back executions on same day

First Florida executed James Hitchcock for the 1976 murder of his brother's 13-year-old stepdaughter. Then Texas executed James Broadnax for a 2008 double murder.