Driven by a desire for wealth, Pizarro captured and executed the Incan emperor Atahualpa, despite receiving a ransom of gold and silver. His conquest led to the collapse of the Incan civilisation ...

The Texas Supreme Court halted the scheduled execution of Robert Leslie Roberson III late Thursday night, an extraordinary development in one of the year’s most controversial death penalty cases.

House members were successful in halting the execution of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson III. The Supreme Court of Texas granted a stay late Thursday night. The Supreme Court of Texas has ...

Robert Roberson’s execution was put on hold after the Texas House subpoenaed him for testimony about the questionable diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome in his case. By J. David Goodman The ...

By J. David Goodman Reporting from Houston The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday halted the execution of Robert Roberson, a Texas man convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter, after a roller ...

The scheduled execution of Robert Leslie Roberson III in Texas was halted by the state’s highest court late Thursday following an extraordinary sequence of maneuvers by members of the state ...

PALESTINE, Texas (KLTV) - An East Texas judge upheld the execution warrant for a Palestine man on death row since 2003. Robert Roberson, 59, of Palestine, who was sentenced in 2003 for the 2002 death ...

Robert Roberson, the condemned man whose execution was halted late Thursday because of an unprecedented legal gambit by Texas lawmakers, is expected to appear in person Monday at a legislative ...

Alabama Department of Corrections/AP His execution took place after Dearman dropped his appeal of his death sentence, fired his lawyers and asked for his execution go forward. He addressed the ...

Texas Department of Criminal Justice The scheduled execution of Robert Roberson, who was convicted of murder in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, has been halted by the ...

Dearman's time of death was 6:14 p.m. CT. The execution began just before 6 p.m. CT and Dearman appeared to lose consciousness in a matter of minutes. It took "two sticks" to gain access to the ...