Tag: Death Penalty
End the Death Penalty: John Grisham and Jim McCloskey’s Stand in Robert Roberson Case
Robert Roberson was set to be executed in Texas, but the state's Supreme Court stopped the execution. This decision has sparked a conversation about the death penalty, with well-known figures like John Grisham and...
Robert Roberson Death Penalty Case Updates: Law Enforcement and Prosecutors’ Shifting Stances
Robert Roberson, a death row inmate in Texas, was scheduled to be executed for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in 2002. However, the Texas Supreme Court halted his execution late Thursday...
Alabama Executes Derrick Dearman, Man Who Killed 5 – Death Penalty Imposed
Alabama carried out the execution of Derrick Dearman, a man who confessed to killing five people during a violent rampage fueled by drugs in 2016. Dearman, aged 36, was put to death by lethal...
Man Sentenced to Execution for Daughter’s Death in Controversial Shaken Baby Case
Advocates were desperately trying to save the life of Robert Roberson, a Texas man facing execution for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in a controversial shaken baby case. The Texas Board...
Texas Man Executed for 1997 Killing of Female Jogger Despite Claims of Intellectual Disability
Arthur Lee Burton, a 54-year-old Texas man, was executed for the 1997 killing of Nancy Adleman, a 48-year-old mother of three who was jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago. Burton...