Robert Roberson's execution is halted under the state's "junk science" law that allows courts to re-examine convictions based on outdated science.

The execution of Robert Roberson, a 58-year-old Texas death row inmate convicted of killing his daughter, has been paused for a third time.

LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) — Robert Roberson was calm and hopeful as he pondered his mortality and whether he could again avoid becoming the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday halted the execution of a man who would have been the first person in the United States put to death over a shaken baby syndrome diagnosis. Robert ...