Texas inmate absent from hearing after his execution was paused
Death row inmate Robert Roberson didn't appear before Texas state lawmakers after his execution was halted last week.
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Death row inmate Robert Roberson didn't appear before Texas state lawmakers after his execution was halted last week.
Death row inmate Robert Roberson's testimony before a Texas House committee has been postponed over arguments about him appearing virtually from prison versus in person. The 57-year-old was scheduled to be executed in mid-October for the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter. CBS News national correspondent Nikki Battiste reports.
Robert Roberson's lawyers explained why the death row inmate didn't testify at the Texas committee hearing set after his execution was paused. CBS News' Nikki Battiste has more.
A Texas judge Thursday temporarily halted the execution of a man who was convicted of murder in the death of his 2-year-old daughter. Robert Roberson would have been the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to "shaken baby syndrome."
A Texas man convicted of murder in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter in what was linked to shaken baby syndrome is scheduled to be executed Thursday. However, several medical experts say Robert Roberson's conviction was based on faulty and outdated scientific evidence. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Wednesday denied a request for clemency. Nikki Battiste reports.
Travis Mullis was put to death Tuesday evening for killing his 3-month-old son more than 16 years ago.
Marcellus Williams was convicted in the 1998 stabbing death of Felicia Gayle in Missouri, but DNA testing raised questions.
South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause.
Edmond, Oklahoma, has agreed to pay more than $7 million to a former death row inmate who was exonerated after nearly 50 years in prison, making him the longest-serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime.
The city of Edmond, Oklahoma, has agreed to pay a settlement of over $7 million to Glynn Simmons, a man who was convicted and sentenced to death in 1975 for a murder he did not commit. Earlier this year, Simmons filed a federal lawsuit accusing police of fabricating the evidence in the crime to get a conviction.