Despite significant doubts surrounding Robert Roberson's culpability in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, the 57-year-old is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Thursday evening.

Democratic Party candidate for Johnson County Sheriff Byron Roberson gets a hug from a supporter at an election night watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in downtown Overland Park. Chris Ochsner ...

Over six hours on the day Robert Roberson was set to be put to death, Texas House lawmakers waged a rollercoaster legal battle to delay his execution, setting off a separation-of-powers conflict ...

Robert Roberson, the condemned man whose execution was halted late Thursday because of an unprecedented legal gambit by Texas lawmakers, is expected to appear in person Monday at a legislative ...

The scheduled execution of Robert Leslie Roberson III in Texas was halted by the state’s highest court late Thursday following an extraordinary sequence of maneuvers by members of the state ...

One day out from the execution date, the Texas Board of Paroles and Pardons has denied clemency to Robert Roberson III, an East Texas man who could become the first in the country to be put to dea ...

Death row inmate Robert Roberson did not appear Monday to testify before the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence – in person or otherwise – despite a subpoena lawmakers issued last ...

Texas lawmakers were expected to hear testimony at the state Capitol on Monday from Robert Roberson, a death row inmate whose execution was temporarily called off last week. But Roberson ...

Robert Roberson was expected to testify before a state House panel on Monday, four days after he had been scheduled to die by lethal injection. Instead, it was announced that he would not appear ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson is expected to appear in-person for testimony at the state Capitol on Monday after an unusual legal intervention by state lawmakers delayed ...

9:16 p.m. Oct. 20, 2024: Updated to include more details from the state's Supreme Court. The Texas attorney general’s office asked the state’s Supreme Court on Saturday to reconsider its ...

Texas is ready to execute Robert Roberson on Thursday despite strong evidence that he didn't shake his 2-year-old baby daughter to death in 2002, and a new subpoena of the inmate himself.