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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

The Supreme Court ruled that lawmakers cannot stop executions through a legislative subpoena. The opinion clears the way for ...

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

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.

The Texas Supreme Court is a civil court jurisdiction and does not rule on criminal cases. So Friday's ruling was only on the subpoena power of the legislature and does not address the merits of ...