Texas’ attorney general sought again on Thursday to stop a man on death row from testifying to lawmakers who have raised doubts about his guilt and successfully paused his execution at the last minute in October.

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Testimony of Texas man whose execution was halted in shaken baby case is challenged again

Texas’ attorney general is again trying to block a man on death row from giving testimony at the state Capitol

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Texas’ attorney general is again trying to block a man on death row from giving testimony at the state Capitol. Robert Roberson was sentenced to death in 2003 for killing

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A Texas man facing execution did not appear at the state Capitol after two failed attempts by lawmakers to issue a subpoena for his testimony

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Texas man whose execution was halted in shaken baby case is again stopped from testifying

Robert Roberson, whose October execution was halted, had been subpoenaed by a committee of lawmakers who have doubts about his 2003 conviction.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ attorney general sought again on Thursday to stop a man on death row from testifying to lawmakers who have raised doubts about his guilt and successfully paused his execution at the last minute in October. Robert Roberson was convicted in 2003 of killing his 2-year-old daughter. His execution had been set to be the first in the U.S. over a conviction tied to shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis some medical experts have …

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A second attempt by Texas lawmakers to bring a man on death row to the state Capitol over doubts that he killed his 2-year-old daughter failed again Friday, dimming the likelihood of Robert Roberson testifying publicly after a last-minute subpoena halted his execution.

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Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson is being called to testify at a state House committee hearing Friday at noon, as ordered by a new subpoena issued this week.

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AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a new motion filed Thursday in hopes of keeping death row inmate, Robert Roberson, from testifying in front of a state House committee hearing, Paxton's office said in a news release. Paxton filed for a motion to prevent a "procedurally deficient and overly burdensome subpoena" from allowing Roberson to testify. Roberson is scheduled to testify at the Texas Capitol Friday, Dec. 20. 
	
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Testimony of Texas man whose execution was halted in shaken baby case is challenged again

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