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With little say over Robert Roberson’s fate, Texas lawmakers take extraordinary steps to buy him more time
With Roberson’s options dwindling, a House panel used its bully pulpit to prove his case and excoriate the failures of the ...
Courthouse News Service28m
Texas House panel subpoenas death row inmate in last-minute bid to stop execution
It remains unclear whether this effort to stop the execution will work. Amanda Hernandez, spokeswoman for the Texas ...
Houston Chronicle19h
Robert Roberson's execution nears as lawmakers make last-ditch appeal to Gov. Greg Abbott for a delay
in the East Texas city of Palestine. “We urge Governor Abbott to grant a reprieve of 30 days to allow litigation to ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN1h
House panel issues “unprecedented subpoena” in last-ditch effort to halt Texas execution of Robert Roberson
As Texas prison officials ready the death chamber to execute Robert Roberson on Thursday night, a thundering chorus of people ...
Execution date for East Texas inmate convicted in 'shaken baby death' remains set for Thursday
Robert Roberson III, 57, was sentenced to death in 2003 in connection with the death of his daughter Nikki Curtis, but he ...