Robert Roberson evaded execution last month when legislators tossed him a lifeline. Texas' top court just tossed it ...

State lawmakers had stopped Robert Roberson’s execution at the last minute in an unusual legal maneuver.

The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that lawmakers cannot stop executions through a legislative subpoena after the execution of ...

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday denied a state house committee’s attempt to delay the execution of a man convicted of ...

Texas lawmakers exceeded their power when they intervened last month to stop the execution of Robert Roberson by summoning ...

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a legislative subpoena cannot be used to stop an execution, putting a decisive end to a ...

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a legislative subpoena cannot be used to stop an execution after lawmakers on both sides ...

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said the execution of Robert Roberson, which would be the first over a death from shaken ...

The Texas Supreme Court has ruled against lawmakers who used their subpoena power to halt the execution of a death row inmate ...

After months of delays and an attempt for clemency​, the execution of Robert Roberson will resume, according to a new filing​ ...

The Texas Supreme Court is a civil court jurisdiction and does not rule on criminal cases. So Friday's ruling was only on the subpoena power of the legislature and does not address the merits of ...