Texas has, by far, led the nation in executions since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. These are the Dallas County inmates awaiting news on ...

Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade.

PALESTINE, Texas — Texas’ highest criminal court on Thursday blocked Robert Roberson’s execution a week before it was set to take place, sending his capital murder conviction back to trial court.

Until this year, death penalty executions had been dwindling across the nation. The sudden spike now is unusual, experts say. Forty-five people on death row have been executed so far this year, and ...

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 ...

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Robert Roberson, an East Texas man facing execution for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, poses for a photo at the TDCJ Polunsky Unit in Livingston on Sept. 3, 2025. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas ...

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