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Robert Roberson, shown in December 2023 through plexiglass at a prison in Livingston, Texas, faces an execution date of Oct. 17, 2024. New evidence has cast doubt on his conviction for the death ...
DeVillier v. Texas, 601 U.S. 285 (2024), was a case that the Supreme Court of the United States decided on April 16, 2024. [1] [2] The case dealt with the Supreme Court's takings clause jurisprudence. Because the case touched on whether or not the 5th Amendment is self-executing, the case had implications for Trump v.
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday denied a state house committee’s attempt to delay the execution of a man convicted of murder in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, clearing a path for a ...
On November 15, 2024, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that state lawmakers had "exceeded their power" when they called on Roberson to testify before a House committee. A new execution date can be set, but the court also said lawmakers could still call Roberson to testify, and that the executive branch would have to accommodate such a request. [63]
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments in an abortion rights lawsuit brought by 22 women. Here's how to watch oral arguments live.
Texas appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Judges Edith Jones, Andrew Oldham, and Leslie H. Southwick, lifted the injunction on May 11, 2022, [14] but the decision was appealed to the Supreme Court which suspended the bill pending a full review in the Fifth Circuit. [15]
Initially taken up by the high court on March 4 after an injunction by Justice Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court's order Tuesday clears the way for SB 4 to take effect while the 5th U.S. Circuit ...
Moore v. Texas, 137 S. Ct. 1039 (2017), is a United States Supreme Court decision about the death penalty and intellectual disability.The court held that contemporary clinical standards determine what an intellectual disability is, and held that even milder forms of intellectual disability may bar a person from being sentenced to death due to the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel ...