It’s rare for governors to step in to halt executions. In the case of Robert Roberson, it ended up being state lawmakers who ...

A frantic and unprecedented rush by Texas lawmakers to successfully block the controversial execution of death row inmate ...

Robert Roberson, who had been set to be the first person in the U.S. to be put to death for a murder conviction tied to a ...

Questions remain over what happens next after the execution of a Texas inmate, who was convicted of killing his 2-year-old ...

The development comes after several Republican and Democratic state lawmakers issued a subpoena for Roberson to testify at a ...

He was set to be executed for the 2002 death of his daughter in a “shaken baby” case. A subpoena from state lawmakers requires that he testify.

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.

A man whose execution was halted will testify at a legislative hearing about a “junk science” law in Texas that many say ...

In a last-hour ruling Thursday night, the Texas Supreme Court halted Roberson’s execution scheduled for that evening.

Robert Roberson, a 57-year-old Texas man who was convicted of his daughter’s death 22 years ago, was scheduled to be executed ...