Respect for the rule of law is one of the many casualties of capital punishment. Public officials who cling to this practice most vociferously are often among the worst offenders. Texas is a case in ...

Protestors line up outside the prison walls just before receiving word that the scheduled execution of Mexican national Edgar Tamayo would proceed Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, in Huntsville, Texas .

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – The state of Texas has opposed legal efforts and ignored diplomatic pressure as it plans to execute a Mexican national Wednesday evening, and now the defendant's attorneys are ...

A Mexican national was executed Wednesday night in Texas for killing a Houston police officer, despite pleas and diplomatic pressure from the Mexican government and the U.S. State Department to halt ...

This handout image provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Edgar Tamayo. Attorneys for the Mexican national on Texas death row for the slaying of a Houston police officer hoped a ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – A Mexican national was executed Wednesday night in Texas for killing a Houston police officer, despite pleas and diplomatic pressure from the Mexican government and the U.S. State ...

A cop-killing Mexican man has been executed in Texas despite pressure from his home country to halt the punishment. Edgar Tamayo, 46, was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday night for the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X a woman holds up a sign Jan. 19 showing a photo of Texas death-row inmate Edgar Tamayo that reads ...

The Supreme Court denied a stay of execution for Mexican national Edgar Tamayo, clearing the way for Texas to put the inmate to death Wednesday night. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice ...

Texas officials pressed ahead Wednesday with plans to execute a Mexican man who killed a police officer but was not told he could meet with consular officials from Mexico after his arrest, as required ...

Julia Heaberlin is the Texas author of Black-Eyed Susans, a new psychological thriller from Penguin Random House. As part of her research, she stood outside the Texas Death House during an execution.

A Mexican citizen has been executed in Texas for killing a Houston police officer despite pleas and diplomatic pressure from Mexico’s government and the U.S. State Department to halt the punishment.