Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright's new book, 'Redemption: Faith, Justice, and Sisterhood on Death Row,' offers ...

The Pulitzer prize-winning writer’s new book looks at the women on death row in Texas and the nuns who have been trying to help them ...

Wright’s reporting initially resulted in a 20,000-word magazine story, “ The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’ Death ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with writer Lawrence Wright about his latest book, "Redemption: Faith, Justice, and Sisterhood on Death Row." ...

In “Redemption,” the Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright asks whether people sentenced to die in Texas should have a second ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas court on Thursday rejected a ruling that a woman on death row for 18 years is innocent of capital murder in the killing of her 2-year-old daughter in a case that attracted ...

Tiana Broadnax described losing her sense of reality and running after the funeral car carrying her husband's body following ...

Paul Skalnik passed himself off as a fighter pilot, a high-rolling oilman, a criminal defense attorney and a terminal cancer ...

Media witnesses say Christa Pike was still alive when they were ordered to leave the prison by officials.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This file photo shows the gurney in Huntsville, Texas, where Texas' condemned are strapped down to receive a lethal dose of drugs.

Women account for only 1% of all executions in the U.S., but experts say they face unique challenges in the legal system.