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.

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.

Broadnax was executed on April 30 after courts rejected filings related to lyrics, the racial makeup of his jury, and a new confession

James Broadnax who was convicted to robbery and m*rder of two individuals in 2008 executed despite support from rappers including Travis Scott. Read More.

After a lengthy appeal process, Texas death row inmate James Broadnax’s case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court amid concerns that he did not receive a fair trial because he is a Black man convicted of double homicide by a mostly-white jury.