The Texas Attorney General’s Office swiftly appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals, which overruled the lower court’s ...

The Texas Supreme Court delayed Robert Roberson's execution the same night he was set to die. This death penalty case has taken some twists and turns.

Roberson was convicted in 2003 of murdering his two-year-old daughter. He has maintained his innocence ever since, and a ...

The Texas Supreme Court issued a stay order in the execution of Robert Roberson. He had been scheduled to be put to death on Thursday.

A Texas man who could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome is facing a lethal injection.

The Texas Supreme Court halted Thursday night's scheduled execution of a man who would have become the first person in the ...

State lawmakers subpoenaed Roberson the night before his execution, prompting a historic appearance at a House committee ...

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 ...

Both of X's lawsuits were initially assigned to U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor, a Fort Worth judge who once declared the ...

Courts in Texas kept blocking Robert Roberson on procedural grounds but never looked at how “shaken baby” science has evolved ...

This opinion column was revised to include the latest Texas Supreme Court move with reporting from The Dallas Morning News.

U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson, a Democrat from Illinois and son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, also called for an immediate stay of ...