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Death row inmate Robert Roberson's legal team fires back at Texas Attorney General
It's been a week since death row inmate Robert Roberson's execution was stopped by a last-minute subpoena, and now Roberson's legal team is firing back at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
What’s next in the complex case of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson
With his execution looming last Thursday, the 57-year-old Texas death row inmate watched as his attorneys’ legal arguments were rejected in the courts and his pleas for clemency disregarded, as the state parole board declined to recommend he receive a lesser sentence or reprieve.
Death row inmate Robert Roberson set to appear before lawmakers after Texas execution stay
A death row inmate in Texas is scheduled to appear before lawmakers after he was spared from execution in a last-minute legal twist. Robert Roberson would have been the first person to be executed in the U.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton rejects supporters of death row inmate's appeal
The statement from Paxton "corrects falsehoods" from critics who say death row inmate Robert Roberson was unjustifiably convicted in the death of his toddler child.
Ken Paxton and Texas House members accuse each other of mischaracterizing Robert Roberson’s case
Dr Phil's testimony of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson leaves people doubting his credentials
Dr. Phil McGraw made an appearance in front of Texas lawmakers last week to speak about the case of Death Row inmate Robert Roberson - but viewers were left asking whether he is a 'real doctor'
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Political divisions deepen over Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson’s innocence claim
Four Texas House lawmakers issued a point-by-point rebuttal to what they called the attorney general’s misleading ...
Texas attorney general and state lawmakers spar over death row inmate in 'shaken baby' case
A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers who used their legislative powers and the courts to stop an execution last week with ...
‘Deeply appalled,' defense for Texas death row inmate responds to AG remarks
The case of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson has reached new levels of scrutiny as responses continue over recent ...
East Texas representative files document to Texas Supreme Court in support death row inmate Robert Roberson's execution
In a brief, state Rep. Cody Harris and other representatives said the Texas House on Criminal Jurisprudence held a "one-sided ...
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Shaken Baby Syndrome Has Been Discredited. Why Is Robert Roberson Still on Death Row?
Convicted of a crime that never happened, Roberson’s case is a prime example of how the U.S. legal system often fails to recognize advances in scientific knowledge ...
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Texas Death-Row Inmate, Spared Execution, Barred From Testifying to State Lawmakers
The Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee hopes to have Robert Roberson appear to testify in person at another time.
Ex-juror in ‘shaken baby’ case tells hearing Texas death row inmate should not face execution
Robert Roberson was scheduled to be executed on Thursday for the murder of his own daughter – but received a last-minute ...
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What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas
As of Wednesday, there were 174 people on death row in Texas, seven of whom are women, including Melissa Lucio who was convicted in 2008 of beating to death her 2-year-old daughter. In 2022 ...
Harris County DA seeking judge's removal from Ronald Haskell's death row case
For a second time this year, prosecutors have asked for a judge’s removal from the death penalty case of convicted mass ...