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Texas, Roberson
Texas legislators subpoena Robert Roberson to speak hours before his scheduled execution
Texas legislators held a daylong hearing Wednesday examining the evidence and hearing expert testimony in the case of Robert Roberson, the East Texas man who could become the first in the country to be put to death for the disputed “shaken baby syndrome” theory.
Texas denies clemency for Robert Roberson despite bipartisan campaign to stop his execution in shaken baby case
The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole’s six members voted unanimously to deny the request. The decision came as lawmakers raised concerns that the courts were not properly implementing a groundbreaking 2013 “junk science” law that was intended to provide justice to people convicted based on scientific evidence that has since changed or been debunked.
One day from execution, Texas rejects Robert Roberson's clemency bid in 'shaken baby' case
The action by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals comes one day before Texas inmate Robert Roberson is scheduled for execution.
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Robert Roberson Will Be Executed Because It's Legal to Execute Innocent People in the US
And now, the system is gearing up to kill again: Robert Roberson, an autistic man whose murder conviction is based on the ...
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Robert Roberson denied clemency in ‘shaken baby’ case 1 day out from execution
The clemency petition filed Sept. 17 asked for Roberson’s death sentence to be commuted, or the execution delayed 180 days to ...
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Texas set to execute Robert Roberson despite claims by lawmakers and medical experts that he was wrongly convicted
Robertson was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in 2002. But some argue the conviction was based on ...
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Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denies Robert Roberson clemency, execution set for Thursday
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied a recommendation to Gov. Greg Abbott to grant Robert Roberson clemency on ...
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Amid calls for intervention, execution looms for Robert Roberson, potentially first in U.S. tied to shaken baby syndrome
Roberson could become the first person executed in the U.S. for a murder conviction tied to shaken baby syndrome.
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He was sentenced to death after his toddler died. Now, shaken baby syndrome is at the heart of Robert Roberson’s 11th-hour appeals
The inmate would be the first person in the US executed on a shaken baby syndrome-based conviction, his lawyers say, as the ...
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All eyes on Gov. Greg Abbott as fellow Republicans urge him to pardon Robert Robertson
A GOP megadonor and close ally of Gov. Greg Abbott is working with an unusual bipartisan coalition to call for clemency in ...
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Editorial: Execution despite doubt over guilt is a perversion of justice
There can be no greater perversion of justice than executing a person when there is serious doubt that he or she committed a ...
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