James Broadnax execution: A North Texas man who claimed he wasn’t the shooter in a fatal robbery that killed two people nearly 18 years ago has been executed.

First Florida executed James Hitchcock for the 1976 murder of his brother's 13-year-old stepdaughter. Then Texas executed James Broadnax for a 2008 double murder.

For years, county, state and federal courts have ruled that neither Broadnax's transformation, nor his claims of an unfair trial, were grounds for reprieve.

With two days away from his scheduled execution, Texas death row inmate James Broadnax remains hopeful.

Attorneys for a Black man scheduled to be executed in Texas say the introduction of rap lyrics he wrote biased an almost all-white jury when they decided to sentence him to death.

Mara Flávia Araújo died while participating in the swimming portion of Ironman near Houston on April 18, reported several news outlets.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced last week it will implement firing squad executions for federal prisoners.

A North Texas man who claimed he wasn’t the shooter in a fatal robbery that killed two people nearly 18 years ago and who says prosecutors misused rap lyrics he wrote to secure his death sentence has been executed.