Seven Texans facing federal execution given clemency - 25 News …
2 days ago · The federal government has executed 16 people since 1988, when it reinstated the federal death penalty, according to data from the Death Penalty Information Center, which the Dallas Morning News ...
Seven Texans facing federal execution given ... - The Texas Tribune
4 days ago · President Joe Biden announced on Monday he would commute the sentences of seven Texas inmates scheduled for execution. Hours later, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott disclosed he had pardoned four ...
7 Texas death row inmates spared execution by Biden
3 days ago · Seven inmates from Texas are among 37 people on death row who had their sentences commuted by President Joe Biden Monday morning, one month before Donald Trump returns to the White House vowing to ...
Texas man whose execution was halted in shaken baby case is …
6 days ago · AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A second attempt by Texas lawmakers to bring a man on death row to the state Capitol over doubts that he killed his 2-year-old daughter failed again Friday, dimming the likelihood of Robert Roberson testifying publicly after a last-minute subpoena halted his execution.. Roberson, who had been scheduled to be die by lethal injection in October, would be the first person ...
Testimony of Texas man whose execution was ... - Associated Press News
Dec 20, 2024 · AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ attorney general sought again on Thursday to stop a man on death row from testifying to lawmakers who have raised doubts about his guilt and successfully paused his execution at the last minute in October.. Robert Roberson was convicted in 2003 of killing his 2-year-old daughter. His execution had been set to be the first in the U.S. over a conviction tied to ...
Texas Supreme Court clears way for new execution date for …
Nov 15, 2024 · Robert Roberson, 57, was set to be executed in October, but a state House committee, using its investigatory powers, issued a subpoena for Roberson’s testimony, which led the state Supreme...
Texas Supreme Court orders last-minute stay of execution for ... - CBS News
Oct 28, 2024 · HUNTSVILLE — The Texas Supreme Court halted the scheduled execution of Robert Roberson late Thursday night, hours before he was poised to become the first person in the U.S. executed for a...
Texas executes Ramiro Gonzales after failed appeals that argued …
Jun 26, 2024 · Texas executed Ramiro Gonzales by lethal injection on Wednesday for a 2001 murder, the state Department of Criminal Justice said, following unsuccessful appeals to the US Supreme Court that...
Texas executes Ivan Cantu, who claimed innocence in 2000 …
Feb 29, 2024 · The state of Texas on Wednesday executed death row inmate Ivan Cantu, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2000 murders of his cousin and his cousin’s fiancée – though he...
Robert Roberson's death penalty case proceeds despite ... - CBS News
Oct 18, 2024 · The scheduled execution of a death row inmate whose case has drawn widespread scrutiny was halted by the Texas Supreme Court late Thursday night as doubts linger over whether his decades-old ...