The move to halt Roberson's execution is temporary, but came less than two hours before the 57-year-old death row inmate was ...
With his execution looming last Thursday, the 57-year-old Texas death row inmate ... case remains fluid, and if the last week has been any indicator, it could continue to evolve dramatically. Here ...
The Supreme Court vacated a federal appeals court’s decision blocking a death row inmate’s execution because he says he’s intellectually disabled, ordering the lower court to issue a clearer ...
The latest death penalty news from The Texas Tribune. The Texas governor had not publicly shared his thoughts on the actions of a bipartisan group of lawmakers that stopped the scheduled execution of ...
(CNN) — Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson sat praying ... next week as it reconsiders the lawfulness of his case. The committee’s action provided new hope for Roberson’s attorneys ...
The rejection comes just one day before death row inmate ... Texas' so-called "junk science" law. Brian Wharton, a former police officer in Palestine who was the lead detective in Roberson's case ...
Ohio death-row inmate ... BCI’s assertion that critical evidence gathered at the scene of the crime is contaminated to the point that it is “scientifically unsuitable” for DNA testing. “The ...