Oldest man on death row buried in TDCJ cemetery

Trustees lower the remains of Jack Harry Smith, the oldest inmate on Texas' death row, on Thursday, Apr 28, 2016, in Huntsville. Ph: Eli...

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Texas Prisons Assert Right to Censor Inmates' Families on Social Media

On the morning of April 15, Pat Hartwell drove up from her home in Houston, Texas, to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Austin, where the Texas Depa...

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In Texas, Death Row Inmates Through the Eyes of a New York Artist

Peter Charlap A supermax prison isn’t the best place to sit for a portrait, but Peter Charlap’s subjects have no other choice. CHRIS YOUNG, ...

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Did An Innocent Man Just Die On Texas' Death Row?

Typical death row cell, Polunsky Unit, Livingston, Texas Most death row inmates may be racing against time when it comes down to their final...

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On death row 35 years, Texas inmate dies of natural causes

Typical death-row cell, Polunsky Unit, Texas Texas prison officials say a man on death row for 35 years for a Houston robbery where 3 people...

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