It’s rare for governors to step in to halt executions. In the case of Robert Roberson, it ended up being state lawmakers who ...
The effort to spare Roberson sparked a conflict between the state’s top courts that must be resolved. When it is, the death ...
State Representative Lacey Hull says it’s unclear why the courts have not applied Texas’ new Junk Science Statue in Robert Roberson’s case.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a Town Hall event hosted by Univision, Thursday, ...
Lawmakers and Robert Roberson’s attorneys had said arrangements were being made for the death row inmate to testify Monday in ...
A man whose execution was halted will testify at a legislative hearing about a “junk science” law in Texas that many say ...
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.
The Texas Supreme Court issued a stay order in the execution of Robert Roberson. He had been scheduled to be put to death on ...
In an 11th-hour turn of events, Robert Roberson, the first person set to be executed in the U.S. based on the largely ...
The motion to subpoena Robertson was introduced Tuesday evening by Rep. Brian Harrison, R-Midlothian, and Rep. Jeff Leach, ...
The decision was the result of a move by five Republican and four Democratic lawmakers on the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence.