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. ...

Amanda Hernandez, a spokeswoman with TDCJ, announced that when staff told Roberson that his execution had been stayed, he was ...

A Texas man who could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome is facing a lethal injection.

She detailed years of physical and mental abuse at the hands of Ronald Schroeder, with whom she shares a child.

The Texas Supreme Court halted Thursday night’s scheduled execution of a man who would have become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction tied to ...

Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our ...

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.

Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson sat praying in a cell Thursday night just feet from the execution chamber where he was ...