One week before his third execution date, the state’s highest criminal court granted Robert Roberson III a stay Thursday, the latest development in an extraordinary case that has redefined the ...
Being tough on crime doesn’t mean being cavalier and careless with justice. Oklahomans from both sides of the aisle expect their government to be fair, accurate and fiscally responsible. We may be ...
Robert Roberson, set to be executed next week for the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, was granted a stay of execution Thursday, according to The Dallas Morning News. The decision by the Texas ...
As the justices make their final preparations this week for the start of the 2025-26 term, they’ll also address the latest request for a stay of execution. Victor Tony Jones was sentenced to death in ...
AUSTIN – The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest criminal court, stunned many Thursday when it stayed the execution of Robert Roberson III just one week shy of his scheduled execution ...
LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) — Robert Roberson was calm and hopeful as he pondered his mortality and whether he could again avoid becoming the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied ...
A death row inmate who was set to become the first person in the country executed in a shaken baby syndrome case was spared for the time being after a Texas criminal appeals court stayed his execution ...
Robert Roberson hopes he can again avoid becoming the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. With days to go before his scheduled ...