The same day the Court of Criminal Appeals stopped Robert Roberson's execution to consider the use of "junk science" in his conviction, the state's highest criminal court denied a Dallas County man's challenge to the use of what his attorneys say is flawed eyewitness testimony in his case.
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Two former officers face murder charges and a third faces an aggravated assault charge over the shooting and killing of Perez during an apparent mental health crisis. Officers claim self-defense.
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In a dramatic turnaround, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday ordered a halt to the execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson which was scheduled to take place in seven days.
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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of Robert Roberson a week before it was scheduled to occur.
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Former Uvalde CISD police officer Adrian Gonzales' trial—connected to the Uvalde Robb Elementary School shooting—is moved to Nueces County and is set to begin on Jan. 5, 2026.
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The case is attracting attention from across the nation, even among supporters of capital punishment, who are calling for a halt to Roberson’s execution.
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Police have arrested a man suspected of killing two people and injuring six others in a shooting at the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino in Eagle Pass early Sunday morning.
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The 1991 murder of four girls has long remained unsolved.
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The Autism Society of Texas and the Autism Society of America have issued an open letter urging Texas officials to stop the scheduled October 16 execution of Robert Roberson, a man with autism who was sentenced to death in 2003 for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki.
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A San Antonio mother has been arrested and charged with two counts of causing serious bodily injury or death to a child after her two children were found dead in a hot car on the city's far West Side.
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Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson is set to die on October 16. There is mounting evidence that Roberson's daughter, Nikki Curtis, didn't die from shaken baby syndrome but from illness. And Texas could be on the verge of executing an innocent man.