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In a dramatic turnaround, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to the execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson, which was scheduled to take place in seven days ...

Update: On Thursday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed Roberson's execution that was scheduled for next week and sent the case back to the trial court. Read more here. Robert Roberson was ...

Roberson, 58, is set to die by lethal injection in Huntsville in less than two weeks, marking the state's third attempt to execute him for the death of his daughter, 2-year-old Nikki. Among the people ...

HOUSTON — Texas’ top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction ...

Lawyers for Robert Roberson, the condemned man on Texas’ death row who faces execution next week, say the first episode of a “Dateline” podcast about his case includes “highly relevant” evidence that ...

Prosecutors allege Roberson abused his daughter and violently shook her to death, leading to a "shaken baby syndrome" diagnosis. Time is running out for Robert Roberson. The 57-year-old could become ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KLTV) - Attorneys for death row inmate Robert Roberson say new evidence stemming from a Dateline podcast bolsters his claim of judicial misconduct. That podcast interview revealed ...

In new legal filings, attorneys for death row inmate Robert Roberson argue judicial bias robbed their client of a fair trial. The accusations are part of a Notice of New Evidence filed with the Texas ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has requested a new execution date for Robert Roberson, the East Texas man who narrowly avoided being put to death last fall in a case that upend ...