Renee Feltz

In Texas, prosecutors have fought to hold off evidence of mental retardation to the penalty phase of a trial, meaning that jurors consider it only after they have convicted a defendant of murder.

As Texas reopens its execution chamber after a Thanksgiving break, the first man set to die may be mentally retarded.

On the heels of an announcement that it will stop holding children in its Hutto facility, the nation's largest private prison provider assured investors they still expect business from the government.