Robert Roberson, 57, was sentenced to death in 2003 for the death of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, after a post-mortem examination concluded she died of injuries from abuse. Roberson ...
It’s rare for governors to step in to halt executions. In the case of Robert Roberson, it ended up being state lawmakers who took extraordinary steps. Audio recording is automated for accessibility.
Robert Roberson, the condemned man whose execution was halted late Thursday because of an unprecedented legal gambit by Texas lawmakers, is expected to appear in person Monday at a legislative ...
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.
Last night, Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson narrowly avoided becoming the first person in the country to be executed based on evidence of what was formerly called "shaken baby syndrome ...
The late-night ruling to spare for now the life of Robert Roberson, who was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter in 2002, capped a flurry of last-ditch legal challenges and weeks of public ...
Robert Roberson was "shocked" after the Texas Supreme Court halted his execution on Thursday. Roberson, 57, had been set to become the first person in the United States to be put to death for a ...
Robert Roberson's "shaken baby syndrome" case also went to the Supreme Court. In an 11th-hour turn of events, Robert Roberson, the first person set to be executed in the U.S. based on what some ...
An unusual legal move bought more time for a Texas man who was set to be executed on Thursday evening. A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers, who said Robert Roberson was actually innocent and shouldn ...
Supreme Court denies request to stay execution of Robert Robertson by CBSNews.com on Scribd Texas prosecutors had urged the U.S. Supreme Court in a filing Wednesday evening to reject the emergency ...