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 decision was the result of a move by five Republican and four Democratic lawmakers on the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence.

Robert Roberson came within 90 minutes of execution before winning a delay in an extraordinary legal twist. Roberson, ...

Questions remain over what happens next after the execution of Robert Roberson was temporarily halted by the state Supreme Court on Thursday.

Attorneys for Richard Moore, scheduled to die on Nov. 1, filed a lawsuit questioning the governor's impartiality after ...

Updated: 9:55 p.m. The Texas Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for Robert Roberson, siding with a Texas House ...

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

State lawmakers subpoenaed his testimony in an attempt to delay his execution. The Texas attorney general has filed an appeal ...

The last-minute decision comes in response to a legal maneuver in which a House committee voted to subpoena Roberson after ...

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson sat praying in a cell Thursday night, just feet from the execution chamber where ...

Robert Roberson is set to die by lethal injection Thursday in Texas. His is the latest death row case to move forward despite ...