The Texas governor had not publicly shared his thoughts on the actions of a bipartisan group of lawmakers that stopped the ...

The governor's brief tells the state's Supreme Court that the Texas Constitution only grants him the power to grant clemency.

The three-page letter sent Sunday by James Sullivan, Abbott’s general counsel, said only the governor has the constitutional ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is urging the Texas Supreme Court to block Robert Roberson from testifying before a House panel Monday, ...

It’s rare for governors to step in to halt executions. In the case of Robert Roberson, it ended up being state lawmakers who ...

Death row inmate Robert Roberson is expected to testify before Texas state lawmakers after his execution was halted last week ...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott says the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence “stepped out of line” by subpoenaing death row ...

Getty Images/NBC 5 News Greg Abbott, left, and Robert Roberson, right Sullivan wrote that if the committee wanted testimony from Roberson, it could have requested that testimony at any point before ...

When Roberson could testify is unclear, as the Texas House committee is in talks with the state attorney general’s office on ...

Robert Roberson is set Thursday evening to be the first person executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of ...

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

The Palestine, Texas man, 57, came within minutes of being put to death Thursday night before the state Supreme Court ...