A unanimous vote by a Texas Home committee efficiently subpoenaed a dying row inmate scheduled to obtain dying by deadly injection for the alleged 2002 killing of his 2-year-old daughter.
Robert Roberson was denied a clemency request for the dying penalty over a case of “shaken baby syndrome” regardless of doubts over the proof within the case.
In a publish on X, Jeff Leach calls out fellow committee members Brian Harris, Joe Moody, David Cook dinner, Nate Schatzline, Drew Darby and Rhetta Andrews Bowers for his or her help in acquiring the subpoena.
The subpoena issued to Roberson, who will probably be the primary within the U.S. to be executed for allegedly shaking a child to dying, asks for him to “provide all relevant testimony and information concerning the committee’s inquiry.”
TEXAS BOARD REJECTS CLEMENCY FOR MAN FACING EXECUTION IN SHAKEN BABY DEATH
Roberson’s scheduled execution has renewed debate over shaken child syndrome, which refers to a critical mind harm brought about when a baby’s head is harm by shaking or another violent affect.
Texas lawmakers meet with Robert Roberson at a jail in Livingston, Texas, Sept. 27, 2024. (Felony Justice Reform Caucus by way of AP)
Roberson’s legal professionals and a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers, medical specialists and others have urged Gov. Greg Abbott to cease Roberson’s execution. They are saying his conviction was based mostly on defective and outdated scientific proof associated to shaken child syndrome.
“We urge Governor Abbott to grant a reprieve of 30 days to allow litigation to continue and have a court hear the overwhelming new medical and scientific evidence that shows Robert Roberson’s chronically ill, two-year-old daughter, Nikki, died of natural and accidental causes, not abuse,” stated Gretchen Sween, considered one of Roberson’s attorneys, in an announcement to Fox Information Digital.
“A reprieve will also give Texas legislators time to investigate why Texas’s vaunted ‘changed science’ habeas law, which allows prisoners to challenge convictions based on science that turns out to be disproven or wrong, is not being applied as intended in the courts.”
Casandra Rivera, left, Anna Vasquez, second from left, and Elizabeth Ramirez, middle, of the “San Antonio 4” group, maintain bins with petitions being delivered within the Texas State capitol for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott searching for the pardoning of Robert Roberson’s execution, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (AP Photograph/Nadia Lathan)
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Abbott can solely grant clemency after receiving a advice from the board. However Abbott does have the ability to grant a one-time 30-day reprieve with no board advice.
This sudden occasion could give Roberson a ultimate probability to beat the percentages after a sequence of court docket rejections. The listening to has been scheduled for October 21, however the state’s Division of Felony Justice hasn’t introduced if the execution will likely be delayed on Thursday.
