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Robert Roberson's lawyers challenge Attorney General Ken Paxton's push to set execution date for death row inmate
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 compelling ...
Texas could soon execute a man before his appeal is heard — and set a dangerous national precedent
If it’s left to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who recently made an unprecedented intervention in the case, Roberson ...
New York Post8mon
Robert Roberson execution for murder of 2-year-old daughter could be first in US over shaken baby syndrome after judge's ruling - New York Post
Robert Roberson, 57, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Thursday after his attorneys were told Judge Alfonso Charles, the Tenth Administrative Judicial Region presiding judge ...
USA Today8mon
Robert Roberson execution in Texas is set for Thursday. What to know.
Texas is ready to execute Robert Roberson on Thursday despite strong evidence that he didn't shake his 2-year-old baby daughter to death in 2002, and a new subpoena of the inmate himself.. Shaken ...
The Texas Tribune8mon
Robert Roberson murder case: What to know about the evidence | The Texas Tribune
Robert Roberson seeks a new trial for the 2003 conviction of the murder of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis. His attorneys are asking for a new trial based on new findings they say debunk ...
The Washington Post8mon
Robert Roberson’s execution was halted by judges. What’s next for him? - The Washington Post
Robert Roberson at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Tex., on Dec. 19. (Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Innocence Project) ...
USA Today8mon
Robert Roberson's innocence seems clear. Texas is set to execute him. - USA TODAY
Robert Leslie Roberson remains scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday despite all evidence indicating he was wrongfully convicted for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, in 2002.
KSAT8mon
There are warring depictions of Robert Roberson’s murder case. Here’s what to know. - KSAT.com
Robert Roberson’s attorneys showed this picture of him and his daughter, Nikki Curtis, during a hearing reviewing his conviction in her death. Credit: Courtesy of Roberson's attorneys.
CNN8mon
Robert Roberson: Last-minute effort to pause Texas inmate’s execution in shaken baby case sees hurdle as appeals court sides with state - CNN
In yet another 11th-hour development in the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson, a splintered Texas Court of Criminal Appeals struck down a lower court’s order halting his execution in a ...
The New York Times8mon
Robert Roberson Execution on Hold in Texas Shaken Baby Case: What We Know - The New York Times
Robert Roberson in prison in September 2024. His execution, scheduled for October, was delayed by a legislative maneuver. Credit... Criminal Justice Reform Caucus Delaware County, via Associated Press ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph8mon
There are warring depictions of Robert Roberson’s murder case. Here’s what to know.
Robert Roberson photographed through plexiglass at Texas’ Polunsky Unit in Livingston on Dec. 19, 2023. (Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Innocence Project) When a Texas House committee launched a ...