Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson will not petition for clemency ahead of his scheduled execution in three weeks and will instead focus on obtaining a new trial in his capital murder conviction, his lawyer said Wednesday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/09/25/531884/texas-death-row-inmate-robert-roberson-will-not-seek-clemency-ahead-of-october-execution/

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Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a record low.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/01/22/511609/fewer-texans-sentenced-to-death-executed-amid-evolving-standards-of-decency/

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