Anti-death penalty activists protest in Texas against capital punishment
Anti-death penalty advocates, including state abolitionists, former death row inmates and allies, held a rally in Texas calling for capital punishment to be abolished.
Texas activists rally against capital punishment
A pressing national debate has been sparked by the stories of inmates on death row. On Saturday, former death row inmates spoke at the 25th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty.
Texas execution is latest death penalty case to proceed despite doubts
Robert Roberson, 57, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday for killing his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in 2002. Roberson, who has maintained his innocence, would become the first person in the United States put to death for a murder conviction tied to shaken baby syndrome if the execution goes ahead as planned.
What happens leading up to a Texas inmate being executed?
Today, Texas executes inmates using a lethal injection of Pentobarbital, a sedative sometimes used to control seizures. All executions occur in the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville.
Texas Inmate Testifies After Execution Stay: A Call for Justice
Today, Robert Roberson, a Texas death row inmate whose execution was recently suspended, will make a crucial appearance before a state house committee. In 2002, Roberson was sentenced for the murder of his two-year-old daughter,
Texas man set to be executed a no-show at legislative hearing: AP Explains
Robert Roberson was scheduled to appear Monday before a Texas House committee after a last-ditch subpoena forestalled his ...
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The Texas Supreme Court blocks Robert Roberson's execution
Texas lawmakers meet with Robert Roberson at a prison in Livingston, Texas, on Friday, Sept. 27. Roberson was scheduled for ...
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Texas man’s execution halted after last-minute subpoena to testify before state Legislature
The Supreme Court of Texas said in a post on X late Thursday that it had “effectively [halted] the execution of Robert ...
In Texas, conservative Christians protest execution of Robert Roberson
Nan Tolson, a former spokesman for Gov. Abbott, is rallying Republican lawmakers against the use of capital punishment.
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In Texas’ High Criminal Court Races, the Stakes Are Life or Death
Bipartisan opposition to planned execution highlights power of state’s top criminal appeals court as Paxton candidates and ...
Texas judge blocks execution of man in shaken baby case
A Texas judge has blocked the execution of the first man to be put on death row in the US for murder charges related to ...
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Texas man who waived his right to appeal death sentence is executed for killing infant son
He was pronounced dead 20 minutes late Mullis was the fourth inmate put to death this year in Texas, the nation’s busiest capital punishment state. Another execution was carried out Tuesday ...
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Capital punishment in the U.S.
The execution of Robert Roberson in Texas remained on track despite serious doubts that he killed or even mistreated his ...
Watch Live: Texas inmate absent from hearing after his execution was paused
Death row inmate Robert Roberson didn't appear before Texas state lawmakers after his execution was halted last week.