HOUSTON — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Wednesday denied a request for clemency for Robert Roberson, who could be ...

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

Texas high court halts the execution of a man whose conviction was tied to shaken baby syndrome diagnosis. Supporters say it ...

The state’s highest civil court said it wants a lower court to resolve a separation-of-powers issue raised by a group of ...

In yet another 11th-hour development in the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson, a splintered Texas Court of Criminal ...

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.

Hours after the original execution time of 6 p.m. local time had passed in Texas, Roberson had remained in a prison holding cell a few feet from the death chamber at the Walls Unit in Hunstville.

Alabama death row inmate Derrick Dearman was executed Thursday evening, eight years after he murdered five people, including ...

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.

Texas state lawmakers subpoenaed Roberson to testify in a bid to block his execution in a case centered on “shaken baby ...

Robert Roberson's lawyers and advocates have long argued his capital murder conviction was based on junk science and a ...