A Texas judge has blocked the execution of the first man to be put on death row in the US for murder charges related to "shaken baby syndrome", less than two hours before the capital punishment was due to be carried out.

The US Supreme Court on Thursday denied a stay of execution for an autistic man convicted of murder in a "shaken baby syndrome" case -- although his lawyers managed to

In a last-hour ruling Thursday night, the Texas Supreme Court halted Roberson's execution scheduled for that evening.

In a Texas House hearing about a junk science law, a juror who voted to convict death row inmate Robert Roberson said she would vote differently today

A man whose execution was halted will testify at a legislative hearing about a “junk science” law in Texas that many say should have saved him long ago

Death row inmate Robert Roberson didn't appear before Texas state lawmakers after his execution was halted last week.