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In 2002, the Supreme Court banned the death penalty for mentally retarded defendants. Still, Texas finds a way.

A team of UT-based attorneys takes the Tennard case to the U.S. Supreme Court

The case of James Allridge raises familiar questions about the Texas justice system

Keel Does McCarthy

Texas prosecutors use the 'law of parties' to widen the net for capital punishment

Prosecutorial misconduct includes hiding crucial witness

Supreme Court hears arguments that Texas courts mishandle capital appeals

A re-examination of a Bastrop murder case leaves many unanswered questions.

Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally

Capital murder case highlights Texas courts' resistance to physical evidence

Troubling questions persist in the Rodney Reed / Stacey Stites murder case.

The high court sends a message – three times – to Texas and the 5th Circuit

The Texas executions continue, amidst new questions about pain and suffering

Case moves back to federal district court

Watkins asking court to decide standard for actual innocence

Judicial candidates emerge with the primary six months away

Public cries foul over Keller's killer instincts

Supremes overturn death sentences of three Texas inmates, sending them back to state courts and calling into question the death sentences of dozens of other inmates

Supreme Court grapples once again with whether Texas death penalty scheme – and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' interpretation of its role in deciding death penalty cases – meets constitutional requirements

In an unusual set of legal circumstances, UT Capital Punishment Center co-director argues to justices that they should refrain from ruling on cases he previously brought to them

Terry Keel is qualified to comment on the death penalty, and you're not

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