The Texas Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for Robert Roberson, siding with a Texas House committee that argued that ...

Texas lawmakers meet with Robert Roberson at a prison in Livingston, Texas, on Sept. 27. Roberson was scheduled for execution after being convicted in the death of his infant daughter.

Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson’s life was spared by the Texas Supreme Court, which issued a temporary stay of his execution shortly before his death warrant was set to expire at midnight.

The New York Times reports that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton described the lawsuit as the state’s first enforcement action under a 2023 state law. Other news from around the nation comes from New ...

It became an 11th-hour turn of events for Robert Roberson, who would have become the first person in the U.S. to be executed ...

Robert Roberson III was originally set to be executed Thursday for the 2003 capital murder conviction in the death of ...

Robert Roberson had been set to die Thursday for the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter. Among those who believe he is innocent is the former lead detective on the case.

The last-minute decision comes in response to a legal maneuver in which a House committee voted to subpoena Roberson after ...

Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson sat praying in a cell Thursday night just feet from the execution chamber where he was ...

The stay came mere hours before Robert Robertson was poised to become the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction linked to shaken baby syndrome.

An unusual legal move has bought more time for a Texas man who was set to be executed Thursday evening.

If he’s put to death, Robert Roberson III, who is autistic, will become the first person in the country to be executed in a ...