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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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