In the texts, Leach reportedly asked the judge to reconsider Roberson's case, whose execution has now been postponed.

The AG also said he’d make a criminal referral against the lawmaker, who apologized for texting a Court of Criminal Appeals ...

Leach, who serves as chair of the House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence, asked a Court of Criminal Appeals ...

Plano, texted a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judge last week that death row inmate Robert Roberson deserves a new trial, ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling for the resignation of State Representative Jeff Leach after his admission to ...

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CCA general counsel Sian Schilhab gave notice by letter on Oct. 25 to Roberson's legal defense team and the district attorney ...

State Rep. Jeff Leach admitted to texting a judge in the Robert Roberson execution case, asking to reconsider the case.

Attorney General Ken Paxton called Tuesday for state Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Allen, to resign, saying he was making a criminal referral over the North Texas lawmaker’s recent communication with a ...

As tensions continue amid a delayed execution for a death row inmate, a Texas lawmaker suggests his attorney overstepped by ...