The Texas Supreme Court halted the scheduled execution of Robert Leslie Roberson III late Thursday night, an extraordinary development in one of the year’s most controversial death penalty cases.

Robert Roberson’s execution was put on hold after the Texas House subpoenaed him for testimony about the questionable diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome in his case. By J. David Goodman The ...

AUSTIN – Robert Roberson, the Texas man whose execution was halted by the state Supreme Court, is expected to testify before a legislative panel on Monday. Roberson was set to become the first ...

HUNTSVILLE — The Texas Supreme Court halted the scheduled execution of Robert Roberson late Thursday night, hours before he was poised to become the first person in the U.S. executed for a ...

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 ...

By J. David Goodman Reporting from Houston The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday halted the execution of Robert Roberson, a Texas man convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter, after a roller ...

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 ...

Jennifer Martin, left, and Thomas Roberson, older brother of condemned prisoner Robert Roberson, right, holds signs as they protest outside the prison where Roberson is scheduled for execution at the ...

If the execution proceeds, he will be the first person in the United States to face capital punishment for a murder conviction linked to the controversial shaken baby syndrome diagnosis.

A district court will not dismiss the execution warrant for Robert Roberson III, an East Texas man on death row accused of shaking his daughter to death in 2002. Roberson is scheduled to die by ...