A Texas man facing execution did not appear at the state Capitol after two failed attempts by lawmakers to issue a subpoena ...
Texas lawmakers who stopped the execution of Robert Roberson hoped to hear testimony from him on Friday. After a motion filed ...
Texas’ attorney general is again trying to block a man on death row from giving testimony at the state Capitol ...
The new subpoena comes after lawmakers say Ken Paxton’s office stalled a previous effort to get Roberson’s legislative ...
On the same day that President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of seven Texans, Gov. Greg Abbott issued his own set of pardons. President Joe Biden, seen on Dec. 16, commuted the sentences ...
Texas Man Whose Execution Was Halted in Shaken Baby Case Is Again Stopped From Testifying AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A second attempt by Texas lawmakers to bring a man on death row to the state ...
The Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence issued their first subpoena for Roberson to testify one day before his scheduled execution — an unprecedent legal maneuver that successfully ...
After legal debate in multiple courts, the Texas Supreme Court upheld an order to stay Roberson's execution. In November, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that a legislative subpoena cannot stop an ...
His execution had been set to be the first in the U.S. over a conviction tied to shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis some medical experts have questioned. A Texas House panel had again subpoenaed ...