The effort to spare Roberson sparked a conflict between the state’s top courts that must be resolved. When it is, the death row inmate will likely be back on the path to execution.

A man whose execution was halted will testify at a legislative hearing about a “junk science” law in Texas that many say should have saved him long ago.

Questions remain over what happens next after the execution of a Texas inmate, who was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter, was temporarily halted by the state Supreme Court on Thursday. The partial stay came hours before Robert Roberson's death warrant was set to expire at midnight and following a back-and-forth series of legal maneuvers,