Robert Roberson, Brittany Holberg, and David Wood have upcoming appeals or overturned convictions under review in Texas in ...

Several appeals in some of Texas’ highest-profile capital punishment cases are set for 2026 as the state continues to maintain a historically low number of executions. 2025 marked the second year ...

Former cop Christopher Taylor was convicted of shooting and killing Mauris DeSilva but a case transfer moved his appeal to ...

Robert Roberson waits to be interviewed in a locked visitation cell at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit prison in Livingston, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. Roberson, who has maintained his innocence on ...

Charles Don Flores on Texas Death Row in 2021. The Court of Criminal Appeals denied Flores' appeal challenging his death sentence for a 1998 Farmers Branch murder. Texas’ highest criminal court has ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted the Wichita County District Attorney’s Office request for a review of another ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of Robert Roberson on Thursday morning. The order was issued one week before Roberson's execution was scheduled at the Texas State Penitentiary ...

According to a document obtained by KVUE, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said that after reviewing an application for a stay of Reed's execution, a stay will be ordered based on a number of ...

Hampton said in his request, “the stakes are high. If Appellant’s analyses are correct, there may be other people who have suffered multiple punishment in violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause, and ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is appealing a Travis County district judge's decision to temporarily pause his office's enforcement of new rules requiring elected attorneys in larger, mostly ...

AUSTIN, Tx — 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 ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- 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 ...