Robert Roberson evaded execution last month when legislators tossed him a lifeline. Texas' top court just tossed it ...

Texas lawmakers exceeded their power when they intervened last month to stop the execution of Robert Roberson by summoning ...

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday denied a state house committee’s attempt to delay the execution of a man convicted of ...

State lawmakers had stopped Robert Roberson’s execution at the last minute in an unusual legal maneuver.

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said the execution of Robert Roberson, which would be the first over a death from shaken ...

Roberson was convicted in the 2002 killing of his 2-year-old daughter but has long proclaimed his innocence. His lawyers as ...

The Texas Supreme Court has ruled against lawmakers who used their subpoena power to halt the execution of a death row inmate ...

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a legislative subpoena cannot be used to stop an execution after lawmakers on both sides ...

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a legislative subpoena cannot be used to stop an execution, putting a decisive end to a ...

After months of delays and an attempt for clemency​, the execution of Robert Roberson will resume, according to a new filing​ ...

The state’s highest civil court ruled that legislators can’t use subpoenas to block death row inmates’ executions, but suggested there’s still time for Roberson to testify before a Texas House panel.