Democratic Party candidate for Johnson County Sheriff Byron Roberson gets a hug from a supporter at an election night watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in downtown Overland Park. Chris Ochsner ...

After years of lawyers and advocates arguing Robert Roberson‘s capital punishment sentence was based on junk science and a misdiagnosis of “shaken baby syndrome,” the Texas Supreme Court on ...

The Supreme Court of Texas on Friday removed its temporary block on the execution of Robert Roberson, saying that Texas legislators’ subpoenas can’t be used to halt death row inmates ...

The Supreme Court declined to block Texas from executing Robert Roberson, who insists his conviction for murdering his 2-year-old daughter rests upon a debunked version of shaken baby syndrome ...

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 ...

Byron Roberson discusses his goals as Johnson County Sheriff on Up To Date Byron Roberson is the first Democrat in 96 years, and the first African American, to hold the office of Johnson County ...

Texas lawmakers were expected to hear testimony at the state Capitol on Monday from Robert Roberson, a death row inmate whose execution was temporarily called off last week. But Roberson ...

Death row inmate Robert Roberson did not appear Monday to testify before the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence – in person or otherwise – despite a subpoena lawmakers issued last ...

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

Attorneys for death row inmate Robert Roberson confirmed Friday that he is expected to appear for testimony in person before the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence next week.

However, hours before the scheduled execution, a Travis County judge granted a temporary restraining order, pausing it to allow Roberson to testify at a hearing next week. Then, the Texas Court of ...

Amanda Hernandez, director of communications at Texas Department of Criminal Justice, spoke in front of Huntsville Unit after the Texas Supreme Court blocked the execution of Robert Roberson on ...