The AG also said he’d make a criminal referral against the lawmaker, who apologized for texting a Court of Criminal Appeals ...

Leach, one of the driving forces behind the effort to stop Roberson’s execution, later apologized to the unnamed judge, who ...

In the texts, Leach reportedly asked the judge to reconsider Roberson's case, whose execution has now been postponed.

Leach, who serves as chair of the House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence, asked a Court of Criminal Appeals ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is calling for the resignation of State Representative Jeff Leach after his admission to ...

"One Judge. That's all that's needed to simply say... Robert Roberson deserves a new trial," Leach wrote to a judge on the death row inmate's appeal.

State Rep. Jeff Leach has apologized for his contact with an appeals court judge on behalf of death row inmate Robert ...

State Rep. Jeff Leach admitted to texting a judge in the Robert Roberson execution case, asking to reconsider the case.

(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)(Eric Gay / AP) AUSTIN — Attorney General Ken Paxton accused Republican Rep. Jeff Leach on Monday of ...

The Texas AG's Office notified the Supreme Court about Rep. Jeff Leach's attempt to influence a judge in a death penalty case ...

Text messages appear to show the Republican state rep. from Plano asking one of the judges who rejected the death row ...

Rep. Jeff Leach says logistics are being worked out to keep everyone safe during what would amount to a field hearing ...