A state judge has stayed an upcoming execution in Alabama to evaluate whether David Lee Roberts is too mentally ill to be put to death.

An Alabama judge has issued a stay of execution for a convicted killer allegedly diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia while the state evaluates if he is competent to be put to death.

A state judge has stayed an upcoming execution in Alabama to evaluate whether the man is too mentally ill to be put to death. The judge temporarily stayed the Aug. 21 execution of David Lee ...

An Alabama state judge has ordered a mental health evaluation to see if a man on death row with a history of mental illness is competent to be executed. The judge has temporarily stayed the Aug. 21 ...

A judge's order to take a Tennessee death row inmate to the hospital on the morning of his execution so doctors can deactivate his heart-regulating implant would cause "chaos," state attorneys ...

Attorneys for Robert Roberson have filed two motions in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for a stay of execution and oral argument.

State attorneys in Tennessee say a judge's order to take a death row inmate to the hospital on the morning of his execution to deactivate his heart-regulating device would cause "chaos." ...

PALESTINE – Death row inmate Robert Roberson is appealing his Oct. 16 execution date. Last week, a state judge sided with Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to set the October execution ...

State attorneys in Tennessee say a judge’s order to take a death row inmate to the hospital on the morning of his execution to deactivate his heart-regulating device would cause “chaos.” That ...

A judge’s order to take a Tennessee death row inmate to the hospital on the morning of his execution so doctors can deactivate his heart-regulating implant would cause “chaos,” state ...

A judge will decide whether or not to delay condemned killer Ralph Leroy Menzies' execution and instead order a new mental competency evaluation.

Fourth Execution Date — and a Final Chapter? On July 9, 2025, Judge Matthew Bates signed the execution warrant, for a fourth time in this case, setting Menzies’ execution for September 5, 2025.