Matthew Lee Johnson was convicted of killing Nancy Harris in Garland, Texas in May 2012. Harris died five days after Johnson ...

Texas on Tuesday is set to execute Matthew Johnson, a Dallas County man who admitted to killing a 76-year-old convenience ...

As clips of Texas lawmakers breaking gavels go viral on social media, the Statesman set about to find out where they're made.

A Texas death row inmate, 49-year-old Matthew Johnson, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening. He was convicted of ...

James Edward Smith was sentenced to death by lethal injection in June 1990 following the murder of life insurance worker ...

Matthew Lee Johnson, 49, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas.

A prisoner who has been rotting inside a sweltering Texas prison for the past 16 years fears he "won't make it out alive" ...

In Texas, people want to see fairness when it comes to crime and punishment. Justice should treat everyone equally, regardless of who they are or where they come from. But what if the system isn't as ...

The Justice Department may drop its criminal prosecution of Boeing Co. for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 ...

Federal authorities are intensifying efforts to identify and arrest child sex predators nationwide, including recent arrests in North Texas and the apprehension of a long-sought fugitive in Mexico.

Henry Lee Hyde, II, has been sentenced to 10 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for evading arrest or ...

Death row inmate Matthew Johnson is scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening for killing a woman he set on fire during a ...