Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson could get a new execution date after a request from Attorney General Ken Paxton. The request will be made at a hearing scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Anderson ...

Roberson was nearly executed in 2024 for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, in what prosecutors say was a case of "shaken baby syndrome." ...

An execution date in this case makes little legal or moral sense,” Roberson’s attorney, Gretchen Sween, said. “We look forward to presenting our arguments to the court opposing the request.” ...

A new program in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, allows death row prisoners to mingle outside of solitary confinement ...

A judge will hear arguments on whether to set a new execution date for Robert Roberson. Watch the hearing live Wednesday at 10 a.m. CT on WFAA+.

Robert Roberson, an autistic man on death row, could learn more about his fate this week as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pushes the state to schedule his execution date. Judge Austin Reeve ...

A district judge will hear arguments surrounding a new execution date for Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson Wednesday.

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA testing in a bid to test evidence he says would block his execution. Ruben ...

For the past five years, no more than 24 executions occurred annually — but 2025 is already near that mark, with more ...

Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio patiently waits as the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decides her fate after South Texas Judge Arturo Nelson recommended that her conviction be overturned for ...

Texas death row inmate Moises Mendoza is set to be executed April 23 for the 2004 murder of Rachelle O'Neil Tolleson.

Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute Jessie Hoffman. Here's a look at who else is on death row in the state.