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Attorneys for death row inmate Robert Roberson have filed a formal objection to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to set an execution date, citing ongoing legal proceedings and ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requested a new execution date for Robert Roberson, who is on Death Row for the murder of his toddler daughter. Roberston's execution was delayed last year after ...
If it’s left to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who recently made an unprecedented intervention in the case, Roberson ...
State lawmakers want death row inmate Robert Roberson, seen at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston in 2023, to testify about his case at the state Capitol, but Attorney General Ken Paxton's office ...
A judge could set a new execution date for no sooner than 90 days from now, though Roberson has a pending appeal.
Last year, on October 17, Roberson avoided being put to death when Texas lawmakers subpoenaed him. The AG's office is requesting his new death date be October 16 —almost one year later to the day.
The Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence issued a subpoena on the day before Roberson's scheduled execution on Oct. 17 for the death row inmate to testify at a hearing about his case.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the Anderson County District Court to schedule an execution date for autistic death row inmate Robert Roberson on Monday. Roberson’s case stirred ...
In the motion filed Monday, the state requested Roberson be executed on Oct. 16. If it goes through, it will be Roberson’s third execution date in the 22 years he’s spent on death row.
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Robert Roberson at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Polunsky Unit in Livingston on Dec. 19, 2023. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has requested a new execution date for Roberson.