On 1973, U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy attorney General William Ruckelshaus resigned, and special ...

A man whose execution was halted will testify at a legislative hearing about a “junk science” law in Texas that many say ...

Robert Roberson was just 90 minutes away from the gurney Thursday when his life was spared by the Texas Supreme Court. The ...

Lawmakers and Robert Roberson’s attorneys had said arrangements were being made for the death row inmate to testify Monday in ...

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The effort to spare Roberson sparked a conflict between the state’s top courts that must be resolved. When it is, the death ...

In a last-hour ruling Thursday night, the Texas Supreme Court halted Roberson's execution scheduled for that evening.

A frantic and unprecedented rush by Texas lawmakers to successfully block the controversial execution of death row inmate ...

The development comes after several Republican and Democratic state lawmakers issued a subpoena for Roberson to testify at a ...

Robert Roberson had been set to die Thursday for the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter. Among those who believe he is innocent is the former lead detective on the case.

Fireworks in the first and only face-off in the race for U.S. Senate.  We look at new polling in the race between Colin Allred and Ted Cruz, and examine the effort to reach across party lines to sway ...

It’s rare for governors to step in to halt executions. In the case of Robert Roberson, it ended up being state lawmakers who ...