An appeals court has issued a stay of execution for a man who was set to become the first in the nation to be put to death over shaken baby syndrome. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued the ...

Lawyers for Robert Roberson, the condemned man on Texas’ death row who faces execution next week, say the first episode of a “Dateline” podcast about his case includes “highly relevant” evidence that ...

Enrollment in Carroll County Public Schools is down since last year, according to uncertified, initial estimates presented at Wednesday night’s Board of Education meeting. Robert Burk, CCPS chief ...

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 ...

Texas’ highest criminal court has halted the execution of Robert Roberson, who had been scheduled to die via lethal injection next week, after being convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter Nikki ...

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ANDERSON COUNTY — Attorneys for Robert Roberson claim new evidence revealed in a recently released NBC podcast warrants a retrial in his case. The podcast, titled The Last Appeal, was produced by ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder ...

Robert Roberson, an East Texas man facing execution for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, poses for a photo at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Livingston on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Juan Figueroa / ...

Update: On Thursday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed Roberson's execution that was scheduled for next week and sent the case back to the trial court. Read more here. Robert Roberson was ...

The nation's first execution of a person convicted in a "shaken baby syndrome" case was halted Thursday when Texas' highest criminal court ruled in the condemned man's favor. Robert Roberson, 58, had ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday took a major step toward righting an injustice — and, more critically, preventing the gravest one from occurring in the coming days — by halting the ...