Robert Roberson, a death row inmate, is set to testify before a bipartisan Texas House committee once more.
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Lawmakers are preparing to once again subpoena a death row inmate to testify.
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Robert Roberson s execution was blocked in October, but last month, the Texas Supreme Court said things should proceed.
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The Texas Supreme Court told lawmakers while they can t block an execution, they should be able to get testimony from Roberson.
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Lawmakers are preparing to once again subpoena a death row inmate to testify.
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Robert Roberson s execution was blocked in October, but last month, the Texas Supreme Court said things should proceed.
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The Texas Supreme Court told lawmakers while they can t block an execution, they should be able to get testimony from Roberson.
DallasRobert Roberson, a death row inmate, is set to testify before a bipartisan Texas House committee once more.
In 2002, Roberson was found guilty of the murder of his 2-year-old daughter. According to doctors, the child’s death was caused by shaken baby syndrome.
However, Roberson’s attorneys dismissed it as nonsense and said that she might have had pneumonia.
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The primary investigator’s testimony and other information not mentioned during the trial were presented to the House committee in October.
The group includes Waxahachie Republican State Representative Brian Harrison.
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“I mean, the integrity of the entire criminal justice system in the state of Texas is called into question if we execute someone without providing them with due process and fair trials. And I’m not going to tolerate that,” he declared.
The Texas Supreme Court decided in November that legislators could not stop an execution. However, the court said that Roberson should be given the chance to speak to lawmakers.
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The Supreme Court decided that legislators cannot use a legislative subpoena to halt executions. The ruling permits Roberson, who was found guilty of murder in a 2002 shaken baby case, to be put to death.
“My fear is that politics is being put ahead of justice, and that is something that we should never tolerate in the great state of Texas,” Harrison stated.
The Texas Attorney General’s office has not responded, several committee members informed FOX 4. AG Ken Paxton was accused of purposefully being sluggish to react in order to run out of time.
Committee head Joe Moody stated in a statement that they hope to hear from Roberson on Friday of next week.
“While time is limited, we don t intend to let the clock run out when the Supreme Court s ruling has made it clear that a subpoena for him is proper and must be honored here,” stated the statement.
Rep. Harrison said he had no idea if he believed the executive branch had a different opinion about the issue.
Texas AG Ken Paxton argues for Robert Roberson s execution in shaken baby syndrome case
Legislators in Texas are being criticized by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for postponing the execution of a father who was found guilty of killing his 2-year-old daughter and attempting to refute allegations that his sentence was based on “junk science.”
“I don’t know who receives them. I don’t think anyone who has learned the case’s facts as well as I have can maintain their position. The executive branch is also actively spreading outright lies. However, they now formally state that a jury found Mr. Roberson guilty of his statements, beating his daughter to death. Because we have contemporaneous images and cat scans that no jury has ever seen, we can be certain that he did not beat the child to death if we know anything about the case,” he stated.
No new execution warrant has been requested by the district attorney for Anderson County.
Roberson is legally prohibited from being put to death within ninety days of the Supreme Court’s November decision.
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This article’s material is based on an interview with State Representative Brian Harrison, a statement from Joe Moody, the chair of a House committee, and previous news reports.
This article’s material is based on an interview with State Representative Brian Harrison, a statement from Joe Moody, the chair of a House committee, and previous news reports.
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