Charles Don Flores on Texas Death Row in 2021. The Court of Criminal Appeals denied Flores' appeal challenging his death sentence for a 1998 Farmers Branch murder. Texas’ highest criminal court has ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder ...

AUSTIN – The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest criminal court, stunned many Thursday when it stayed the execution of Robert Roberson III just one week shy of his scheduled execution ...

A death row inmate who was set to become the first person in the country executed in a shaken baby syndrome case was spared for the time being after a Texas criminal appeals court stayed his execution ...