When Derrick Dearman entered Alabama’s execution chamber Thursday evening, he was the fifth man the state put to death this year. The difference between Dearman and the men who came before him ...

A Texas judge has upheld the execution of a father convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter — despite a growing number of voices, including the detective who helped send him to death row ...

The scheduled execution of a death row inmate whose case has drawn widespread scrutiny was halted by the Texas Supreme Court late Thursday night as doubts linger over whether his decades-old ...

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.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice The scheduled execution of Robert Roberson, who was convicted of murder in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, has been halted by the ...

A Texas board has rejected a clemency request for a man facing execution over a case of "shaken baby syndrome" despite doubts over the evidence in the case. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles ...

Robert Roberson’s execution was put on hold after the Texas House subpoenaed him for testimony about the questionable diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome in his case. By J. David Goodman The ...

Roberson's scheduled execution has renewed debate over shaken baby syndrome, which refers to a serious brain injury caused when a child's head is hurt through shaking or some other violent impact.

Roberson's scheduled execution renewed debate over shaken baby syndrome. On one side of the debate are lawyers and some in the medical and scientific communities who argue the shaken baby ...

[1] The most notorious death execution in BC was about 399 BC when the Greek philosopher Socrates was required to drink poison for heresy and corruption of youth.[2] Mosaic Law codified many ...

By J. David Goodman Reporting from Houston The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday halted the execution of Robert Roberson, a Texas man convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter, after a roller ...

Roberson was set to be executed on Oct. 17. Questions remain over what happens next after the execution of a Texas inmate, who was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter, was temporarily ...