A judge has set a new execution date for a Texas man who had been set last year to become the first person in the U.S. to be put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken ...

Roberson’s attorneys have asked the state’s Court of Criminal Appeals to pause his execution until the court has considered his case.

A judge last week set a new execution date of Oct. 16. Roberson's legal team is asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to ...

Gretchen Sween, attorney for death row inmate Robert Roberson III, shakes hands with Josh Burns, a ‘shaken baby’ exoneree, following his testimony during a Texas House Committee on Criminal ...

Robert Roberson, who was sentenced to death in 2003 for killing his two-year-old daughter, Nikki, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. on Thursday in the unit.

Dr. Phil McGraw, center, leaves the room after giving testimony to a committee discussing the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in Austin, Texas. Tony Gutierrez / AP ...

Criminal Justice A legal battle spared Robert Roberson’s life, for now. Here’s what happens next. The Texas Supreme Court halted Roberson’s execution late Thursday — the first time in ...

Robert Roberson photographed through plexiglass at Texas' Polunsky Unit in Livingston on Dec. 19, 2023. Texas death row prisoners are housed in Livingston but executed at the state prison in ...

Texas lawmakers meet with Robert Roberson at a prison in Livingston, Texas, on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. Roberson was scheduled for execution in October after being convicted in the death of his ...

HOUSTON — A judge on Wednesday set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, a Texas man who won a last-minute reprieve last year and could become the first person in the U.S. to be put to death ...