Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion in the Supreme Court of Texas asking the court to dismiss its Thursday order ...
Fearing Texas was preparing to execute a potentially innocent man, state lawmakers tried an admittedly desperate long shot ...
A Texas man whose execution was called off at the last minute is to testify on Monday before state lawmakers looking into his ...
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 man whose execution was halted will testify at a legislative hearing about a “junk science” law in Texas that many say ...
Roberson was sentenced to be executed on Thursday, but Texas lawmakers played a crucial role in halting the execution just hours before it was scheduled to happen.
State Representative Lacey Hull says it’s unclear why the courts have not applied Texas’ new Junk Science Statue in Robert ...
Robert Roberson's case highlights issues with Texas's junk science law, which allows convicted individuals to challenge ...
Roberson’s attorney, Gretchen Sween, objected to the decision. Roberson, who has spent more than 20 years in solitary ...
In an 11th-hour turn of events, Robert Roberson, the first person set to be executed in the U.S. based on the largely discredited "shaken baby syndrome" hypothesis, was granted a temporary hold on his ...
Three of the five judges who allowed Robert Roberson’s execution to proceed will be leaving the court after Paxton-backed ...
A controversial diagnosis used against a man facing execution in the US helped convict an NZ woman featured in the latest Newsroom investigative podcast Fractured ...