“The vast team fighting for Robert Roberson — people all across Texas, the country, and the world — are elated tonight that a ...

After a dramatic flurry of weekend court filings, the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee on Monday opted to delay hearing testimony from death row inmate Robert Roberson, scuttling a ...

Months after an unprecedented legal maneuver temporarily spared him from execution, Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson is again asking the state's highest criminal court to overturn his murder ...

In October 2024, the Texas Supreme Court halted the execution of Robert Roberson, who has maintained he did not kill his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in 2002. We can’t wait to welcome you ...

Roberson, 57, was convicted of murder the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in Palestine, Texas. Prosecutors alleged that he violently shook his daughter back and forth, causing ...

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Texas is set to become the first state in ... Its highest criminal court declined to stop the Oct. 17 execution of a man named Robert Roberson, even after his team argued that the cause of his ...

2025 at 7:36 p.m.: An earlier version of this story incorrectly cited the Texas court that stayed Robert Roberson’s execution. The court that blocked Roberson’s execution in October 2024 was ...

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For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David discuss recent legal developments around two death penalty cases in Texas. Abbie VanSickle for The New York Times: Supreme ...