Texas execution marks latest death penalty case to move forward despite shifting stances by law enforcement, prosecutors
Robert Roberson is set to die by lethal injection Thursday in Texas. His is the latest death row case to move forward despite doubts about his conviction.
Courthouse News Service23m
Texas House panel subpoenas death row inmate in last-minute bid to stop execution
It remains unclear whether this effort to stop the execution will work. Amanda Hernandez, spokeswoman for the Texas ...
'Clear Abuse of Discretion': 9th Circuit Says Judge Should Have Recused From Death Row Inmate's Lawsuit
"There is no reason for Judge Brailsford to subject herself to the very human pressures that arise out of sitting in judgment ...
Judge's Ties to Prosecutor Spurs Removal From Death-Row Lawsuit
An Idaho judge can’t preside over a death-row inmate’s lawsuit due to her friendship with a prosecutor whose conduct is ...
Ninth Circuit sides with Thomas Creech same day Idaho issues death warrant
This story originally published in Idaho Reports on Oct. 17. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Thomas Creech’s ...
The Texas Tribune8m
With little say over Robert Roberson’s fate, Texas lawmakers take extraordinary steps to buy him more time
With Roberson’s options dwindling, a House panel used its bully pulpit to prove his case and excoriate the failures of the ...
WFIN51m
‘Yacht Killer’ got taxpayer-funded sex change while on death row after Harris’ ‘behind the scenes’ policy work
A trans serial killer had a sex change paid for by California taxpayers after Vice President Kamala Harris boasted of "behind the scenes" work on a policy change.