A last-ditch effort to stop Texas from executing an autistic man in a shaken baby case stretched into the final hours Thursday night as one judge granted an extraordinary maneuver by lawmakers to ...
Robert Roberson is set to die for the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter. The case underscores broader questions about outdated medical science in criminal convictions.
: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals shot down a last-minute motion by a Travis County judge to halt the execution of Robert ...
The Supreme Court of Texas has overruled the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals by ordering a temporary stay of execution.
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.
The Texas Supreme Court issued a last-minute stay of execution on Thursday to an autistic man whose murder conviction was ...
Reps. Lacey Hull (R-Houston) and Rep. John Bucy III (D-Williamson) are in Huntsville advocating on behalf of Roberson. Here's what they had to say on Thursday evening.
Hours after Robert Roberson was set to be executed on Thursday night, legal battles aimed at delaying his death continued ...
Judge issues 11th-hour delay in execution of Texas man Robert Roberson who would be 1st in U.S. put to death in shaken baby syndrome case.
The scheduled execution of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter has been ...