Coverage dated October 16, 2024 to October 20, 2024

Robert Roberson absent from hearing before Texas lawmakers after his execution was halted

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Death row inmate Robert Roberson didn't appear before Texas state lawmakers after his execution was halted last week.

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Developments in this update

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Oct 17, 2024
Texas Supreme Court orders last-minute stay of execution for Robert Roberson
Headline from CBS News ·
Oct 18, 2024
Robert Roberson, whose Texas execution was halted, may appear in person at legislative hearing
Headline from NBC News ·
Oct 19, 2024
His life spared for now, death row inmate Robert Roberson preparing to testify at Texas Capitol
Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth ·
Oct 21, 2024Newest
Robert Roberson absent from hearing before Texas lawmakers after his execution was halted
Headline from CBS News ·

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16 articles, oldest first.

CBS News
Texas Supreme Court orders last-minute stay of execution for Robert Roberson (opens CBS News)
Published Oct 16, 2024
CBS News's feed description
The stay came mere hours before Robert Roberson was poised to become the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction linked to shaken baby syndrome.
KVUE
Texas death row inmate will testify in Austin next week after execution halted (opens KVUE)
Published Oct 16, 2024
KVUE's feed description
Roberson is still on death row as he's set to appear before lawmakers in Austin on Monday.
Courthouse News Service
Texas House panel subpoenas death row inmate in last-minute bid to stop execution (opens Courthouse News Service)
Published Oct 16, 2024
Courthouse News Service's feed description
Robert Roberson is scheduled to be the first person in the nation executed in a "shaken baby" case, despite serious doubts about his guilt.
Salon
Texas judge halts execution of Robert Roberson, a man advocates say is innocent (opens Salon)
Published Oct 17, 2024
Salon's feed description
He was found guilty of killing his 2-year-old, but science has moved on from the diagnosis underpinning the case
NBC News
Robert Roberson, whose Texas execution was halted, may appear in person at legislative hearing (opens NBC News)
Published Oct 17, 2024
NBC News's feed description
Robert Roberson, a condemned man whose execution was halted, is expected to appear in person Monday at a legislative hearing in Austin, Texas.
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
His life spared for now, death row inmate Robert Roberson preparing to testify at Texas Capitol (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
Published Oct 18, 2024
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description
Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson's execution is on hold after a series of legal challenges.
FOX 4 Dallas
With execution halted, TX death row inmate Robert Roberson to address lawmakers in ‘shaken baby syndrome' case (opens FOX 4 Dallas)
Published Oct 18, 2024
FOX 4 Dallas's feed description
A death row inmate who was scheduled to be executed last night will instead testify before state lawmakers on Monday.
CBS News
Robert Roberson absent from hearing before Texas lawmakers after his execution was halted (opens CBS News)
Published Oct 20, 2024
CBS News's feed description
Death row inmate Robert Roberson didn't appear before Texas state lawmakers after his execution was halted last week.
KTVZ Bend
Texas lawmakers hear testimony supporting death row inmate Robert Roberson – but despite subpoena, he does not appear (opens KTVZ Bend)
Published Oct 20, 2024
KTVZ Bend's feed description
By Dakin Andone, Ed Lavandera, Cindy Von Quednow and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Death row inmate Robert Roberson did not appear Monday to testify before the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence – in person or otherwise – despite a subpoena lawmakers issued last week that halted his exec…
Local News 8
Texas man whose execution was halted by subpoena set to testify to lawmakers (opens Local News 8)
Published Oct 20, 2024
Local News 8's feed description
Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas man whose execution was halted after a last-ditch subpoena is expected to testify before lawmakers. Robert Roberson is scheduled to take questions Monday from a state House committee.
NBC News
Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson's testimony postponed at House committee hearing (opens NBC News)
Published Oct 20, 2024
NBC News's feed description
A highly anticipated legislative hearing began Monday but without its key witness: a Texas inmate whose execution for his daughter's "shaken baby" death was narrowly averted last week.
FOX 4 Dallas
Robert Roberson to testify in front of Texas House Monday after life-saving subpoena (opens FOX 4 Dallas)
Published Oct 20, 2024
FOX 4 Dallas's feed description
Roberson was sentenced to be executed on Thursday, but Texas lawmakers played a crucial role in halting the execution just hours before it was scheduled to happen.
CBS News
Watch Live: Robert Roberson testifies before Texas lawmakers after his execution was halted (opens CBS News)
Published Oct 20, 2024
CBS News's feed description
Death row inmate Robert Roberson is expected to testify before Texas state lawmakers after his execution was halted last week.
The Intercept
Texas Lawmakers’ Unprecedented Actions Halt Robert Roberson’s Execution — For Now (opens The Intercept)
Published Oct 20, 2024
The Intercept's feed description
Following the state Supreme Court’s last-minute intervention, Roberson is expected to testify at a legislative hearing on Texas’s junk science law.

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