Robert Roberson’s case only scratches the surface of the multitude of faults that permeate this system of death in Texas.

The motion escalates a tense standoff between Paxton and a bipartisan Texas House committee, which had subpoenaed Roberson to testify at the Capitol on Friday. Audio recording is automated for ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Death row inmate Robert Roberson, who faces the prospect of becoming the first person in the U.S. to be executed for a “shaken baby” death, was a no-show Friday at a hearing ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion which made it possible for death row inmate Robert Roberson not to be ...

The new subpoena comes after lawmakers say Ken Paxton’s office stalled a previous effort to get Roberson’s legislative testimony about his conviction in “shaken baby” case. Robert Roberson ...

investigators noted Roberson's lack of emotion during his arrest. Texas lawmakers meet with Robert Roberson at a prison in Livingston, Texas, Sept. 27, 2024. Criminal Justice Reform Caucus via AP ...

An earlier subpoena ended up delaying Roberson's Oct. 17 execution, which was tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.

Texas Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, center, and Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield, right, listen to testimony during a committee hearing on the death row case of Robert Roberson, Monday, Oct. 21 ...

Jeff Leach sit at the dais during a Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence meeting about death row inmate Robert Roberson III at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Friday, Dec. 20 ...

Robert Roberson, who was convicted by an East Texas jury of murdering his two-year-old daughter in 2002, was set to die by execution on Oct. 17. He would have been the first person in the U.S. to ...

Lawmakers want to hear testimony from Roberson on Texas' "junk science" law. Roberson was convicted of murdering his daughter after medical professionals say she experienced "shaken baby syndrome." ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers announced Tuesday they had issued a new subpoena that would require the state's prison system to allow death row inmate Robert Roberson to ...