>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...

15 MINUTES. CAMERON. YEAH, BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and a firsthand account from a reporter who witnessed an execution here.

Until this year, death penalty executions had been dwindling across the nation. The sudden spike now is unusual, experts say. Forty-five people on death row have been executed so far this year, and ...