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Bipartisan Texas lawmakers issue new subpoena for death row inmate Robert Roberson's testimony
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Bipartisan Texas lawmakers issued a new subpoena for death row inmate Robert Roberson's testimony about the state's junk science law.
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The new subpoena comes after Texas House members said Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office stalled previous efforts to secure Roberson’s in-person testimony.
Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson was subpoenaed to testify about the state's "junk science law" at a committee hearing on Friday. Roberson would be the first person in the US executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.