Greg Abbott ... rejected the parole board's recommendation to commute a death sentence to life in prison, and the two prisoners were executed. But despite that limited power, Abbott may have ...

After the state parole board denied his bid for clemency ... Getty Images/NBC 5 News Greg Abbott, left, and Robert Roberson, right Sullivan wrote that if the committee wanted testimony from ...

Greg Abbott ... Texas parole board has recommended clemency in a death row only a handful of times since the state resumed executions in 1982. But veteran court watchers say Abbott's silence ...

Greg Abbott cannot grant clemency and can only issue ... a 30-day reprieve in a situation where the Board of Pardons and Parole recommended unanimously that he take no action.

Robert Roberson, 57, photographed through plexiglass at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit (Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Innocence Project) Roberson, 57, is set to be executed ...

The parole board voted to not recommend that Robert Roberson’s death sentence be commuted to life in prison or that his execution be delayed. Gov. Greg Abbott can only grant clemency after ...

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

The parole board voted unanimously ... Roberson, who has long proclaimed his innocence, has few options left. Gov. Greg Abbott can only grant clemency after receiving a recommendation from ...

Read full article: Man caught street racing in Marathon with 5-year-old in car, cops say; 2 jailed The parole board voted ... has few options left. Gov. Greg Abbott can only grant clemency after ...