Texas Court halts execution amid claims of judicial misconduct and wrongful conviction
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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has halted the execution of Robert Roberson, who was convicted of murdering his daughter in 2003, and has sent his case back for a new trial due to evolving scientific understanding of shaken baby syndrome, under Texas' 2013 law allowing new trials when scientific evidence is debunked.
- Texas court blocks execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson The Texas Tribune
- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halts execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson CNN
- Death row prisoner Robert Roberson's lawyers claim new judicial misconduct evidence NBC News
- John Grisham, Republican lawmakers, detective fight to stop 'disturbing' Texas execution USA Today
- ‘You cannot undo a wrongful execution’: push to halt killing of Texas man in ‘shaken baby’ case The Guardian
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