A Texas judge said that a mother who has been on death row since 2008 over the death of her toddler is "actually innocent," with a decision on her release now in the hands of Texas’s Court of Criminal ...

A Texas death row inmate accused of murdering his two-year-old daughter has been granted a last-minute hearing in his bid to avoid execution. Robert Roberson III, 57, is set to die by lethal ...

Melissa Lucio was two days away from being put to death in Texas for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter when an appeals court intervened in 2022. Now, a judge says Lucio never committed the crime ...

A Texas inmate who has been on death row for over two decades has a glimmer of hope to save his life just before his execution - which is scheduled for tonight.

Melissa Lucio was two days away from being put to death in Texas for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter when an appeals court intervened in 2022. Now, a judge says Lucio never committed the ...

News Bradley Jolly Overnight News Editor 02:33, 05 Feb 2025 Updated 02:34, 05 Feb 2025 Steven Nelson has spent 12 years on Texas death row (Image: AFP via Getty Images) ...

Robert Roberson, 57, photographed through plexiglass at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit (Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Innocence Project) ...

Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson sat praying in a cell Thursday night just feet from the execution chamber where he was set to be put to death for the murder of his toddler – even as the ...