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Roberson, Texas

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 48m

With Robert Roberson’s execution hours away, supporters hope desperate measures will spare him

A Texas House panel issued an unprecedented subpoena for the death row inmate in last-ditch effort to halt his execution in alleged shaken baby case.

Salon on MSN · 58m

Texas judge halts execution of Robert Roberson, a man advocates say is innocent

He was found guilty of killing his 2-year-old, but science has moved on from the diagnosis underpinning the case

USA Today · 3h

Robert Roberson subpoenaed hours before lethal injection. Will Texas execution be delayed?

A Texas House committee voted Wednesday to subpoena the condemned man to testify at a hearing scheduled after he is expected to be put to death.

The Texas Tribune on MSN7h

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 ...

Supreme Court declines to intervene in Robert Roberson’s execution

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of Robert Roberson, who was scheduled to be killed by lethal ...

Houston Chronicle17h

Robert Roberson's execution nears as lawmakers make last-ditch appeal to Gov. Greg Abbott for a delay

Robert Roberson is set Thursday evening to be the first person executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN6h

What is shaken baby syndrome, the controversial diagnosis for which Robert Roberson is set to die?

The American Academy of Pediatrics embraces the diagnosis, but courts have thrown out some cases, calling it “junk science.” ...

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