Paxton pressures State Rep. Jeff Leach to resign over texts sent to judge in Roberson case
In the texts, Leach reportedly asked the judge to reconsider Roberson's case, whose execution has now been postponed.
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In the texts, Leach reportedly asked the judge to reconsider Roberson's case, whose execution has now been postponed.
More evidence has been released in the case of Robert Roberson, a Texas man on death row for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter.
Death row inmate Robert Roberson didn't appear before Texas state lawmakers after his execution was halted last week.
Current death row inmate Robert Roberson will answer questions from a House committee through a live stream camera in prison on Monday.
Just four days ago, Roberson was minutes away from being executed while a flurry of legal motions and appeals ended with the Texas Supreme Court issuing a stay. On Monday, he's set to testify to a state committee.
On Monday, Robert Roberson is scheduled to testify to members of a state House committee, four days after he had been scheduled to die by lethal injection.
There is still no sign that state leaders or the courts will halt Thursday's execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson despite a growing chorus of voices demanding that they intervene and stop it.
A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. from a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.
Travis Mullis was put to death Tuesday evening for killing his 3-month-old son more than 16 years ago.
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.
