It’s rare for governors to step in to halt executions. In the case of Robert Roberson, it ended up being state lawmakers who took extraordinary steps.

Greg Abbott intervenes in a matter of hours. The Republican governor has not publicly addressed the case, which has made national headlines, and his office has not responded to requests about whether he might step in. Abbott has been under pressure from ...

Robert Roberson, who had been set to be the first person in the U.S. to be put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome, had his execution delayed after a dramatic

The stay came mere hours before Robert Roberson was poised to become the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction linked to shaken baby syndrome.

Texas' highest criminal court overturned a lower court's ruling Thursday to temporarily halt Robert Roberson's execution, putting his fate in limbo.

A Texas House panel issued an unprecedented subpoena for the death row inmate in last-ditch effort to halt his execution in alleged shaken baby case.