Texas' highest criminal court has stayed the execution of Robert Roberson, a death row inmate who was—for the second time in two years—less than a week away from becoming the first person in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At 6:50 p.m. Wednesday, Charles Victor Thompson became the first Texas death row inmate to be executed in 2026. Thompson, 55, was ...

A Texas man became the first person executed in the U.S. this year. The man killed his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend.

"Texas court blocks execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — ...

A Texas court has again granted a stay of execution to death row inmate Robert Roberson, who has long claimed he is innocent in the murder of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis, saying his ...

Robert Roberson listens as his lawyers plead his case on July 16, 2025. A new execution date of Oct. 16, 2025 was set by presiding Judge Austin Jackson of Smith County at the Anderson County ...

Robert Roberson was calm and hopeful as he pondered his mortality and whether he could again avoid becoming the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of ...

A Texas man on death row is now scheduled to be put to death in October for his conviction in the death of his 2-year-old daughter in 2002, after his execution was delayed last year amid concerns ...

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Texas death row inmate seeking to have his pastor be allowed to pray out loud and touch him during his execution. The high court's decision won ...