Across the country, dozens of organizations connect people on the outside with death row inmates through pen pal programs.

Scott Panetti, who lent his name to a landmark Supreme Court case that protects seriously mentally ill people from being executed, died on death row in Texas in May, despite a federal judge’s ruling ...

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.

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 ...