Leach, one of the driving forces behind the effort to stop Roberson’s execution, later apologized to the unnamed judge, who ...
The story's headline was shortened due to length.*State Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, texted a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ...
AUSTIN, Texas — (THE TEXAS TRIBUNE) State Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, texted a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judge last week that death row inmate Robert Roberson deserves a new trial, an ...
In an Oct. 25 letter sent to Roberson’s attorney along with Anderson County District Attorney Allyson Mitchell, Texas’ highest criminal court detailed the text correspondence between Leach and ...
The Texas Attorney General’s Office swiftly appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals, which overruled the lower court’s order and put execution back on track. But an appeal from the lawmakers to the ...
The Texas junk science law, passed in 2013, allows people to challenge their convictions based on new scientific evidence that was not available at the ...
The stayed execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson has ignited a political battle between lawmakers and Republicans in ...
Anderson County District Attorney Allyson Mitchell, whose office tried the case, has said evidence in the 2003 trial showed Roberson had abused his daughter, Nikki. Speaking before the House ...
A Texas man whose execution was halted because of a last-ditch subpoena won't testify in person before lawmakers ...