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Robert Roberson's execution can't be stopped by Texas House subpoena, state Supreme Court rules
The Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence summoned Roberson to testify about his case, which successfully stayed ...
The Associated Press on MSN10 天
Appeals court orders new trial for man on Texas’ death row over judge’s antisemitic bias
A Texas appeals court has ordered a new trial for a Jewish man on death row because of antisemitic bias by the judge in his ...
Polunsky Unit joins TDCJ body camera policy across max security prisons
A Polk County unit joins the roll out before the policy is initiated at all Texas prisons. Right now, all corrections ...
The Texas Tribune19 天
There are warring depictions of Robert Roberson’s murder case. Here’s what to know.
Even before the Texas man’s death sentence became a political lightning rod, law enforcement and medical experts had ...
‘Work worth doing’: Texas lawmakers visit, pray with Robert Roberson as execution nears
Polunsky Unit to meet, pray and share hope with an East Texas man who has spent the past two decades on death row. Yet, less ...
Yahoo10 天
Appeals court orders new trial for man on Texas' death row over judge's antisemitic bias
FILE - Death row inmate Randy Halprin, then 26, sits in a visitation cell at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, Dec. 3, 2003. (AP Photo/Brett Coomer, File) SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas ...
How legislators settled on a subpoena to delay Robert Roberson’s execution
The motion to subpoena Robertson was introduced Tuesday evening by Rep. Brian Harrison, R-Midlothian, and Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, after almost seven ...
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Texas lawmakers hear from Dr. Phil, John Grisham on Robert Roberson's conviction
Robert Roberson photographed at the TDCJ Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas. Texas lawmakers probing the validity of evidence used to convict Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson heard testimony ...
Courthouse News Service11 天
Appeals court orders new trial for man on Texas’ death row over judge’s antisemitic bias
In this 2003 file photo, death row inmate Randy Halprin, then 26, sits in a visitation cell at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas. (AP Photo/Brett Coomer, File) SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas appeals ...