HOUSTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers announced Tuesday they had issued a new subpoena that would require the state’s prison system to allow death row inmate Robert Roberson to testify in person this week about the state’s junk science law. An earlier subpoena ended up delaying Roberson’s Oct. 17 execution, which had been set to be the first in the U.S. tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. The House Committee on Criminal J…

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A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers have issued a new subpoena that would require the state’s prison system to allow death row inmate Robert Roberson to testify in person on Friday about the state’s junk science law.

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Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers have issued a new subpoena that would require the state’s prison system to allow death row inmate Robert Roberson to testify in person on Friday about the state’s junk science law. An earlier subpoena ended up delaying Roberson’s Oct. 17 execution, which had been set to be the first in the U.S. tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. The House Committee on Criminal Jurisp…

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Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers announced Tuesday they had issued a new subpoena that would require the state’s prison system to allow death row inmate Robert Roberson to testify in person this week about the state’s junk science law. An earlier subpoena ended up delaying Roberson’s Oct. 17 execution, which had been set to be the first in the U.S. tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. The House Commit…

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A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers issued a new subpoena that would require the state's prison system to allow death row inmate Robert Roberson to testify in person about the state's junk science law.

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A Texas House committee on Tuesday subpoenaed death row inmate Robert Roberson to testify Friday at the Capitol. Roberson was sentenced to the death penalty for the 2003 death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki. His case drew intense attention as his execution date neared because of its reliance on what a bipartisan group of lawmakers criticized as “junk science.” Roberson’s attorney Gretchen Sween said in a statement he is “eager to testify and …

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Death row inmate Robert Roberson to testify at Texas Capitol on Friday

AUSTIN (The Texas Tribune) -- A bipartisan committee of Texas lawmakers again issued a subpoena compelling the state’s prison system to let death row inmate Robert Roberson provide testimony at the Capitol about his murder conviction, which some legislators say is based on “junk science.” The new subpoena, issued Dec. 10 and served on Monday, comes after Texas House members said Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office stalled previous efforts to se…

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Texas House panel subpoenas death row inmate Robert Roberson a second time

A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers have issued a new subpoena that would require the state’s prison system to allow death row inmate Robert Roberson to testify in person on Friday about the state’s junk science law. An earlier subpoena ended up delaying Roberson’s Oct. 17 execution, which had been set to be the first in the U.S. tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. The House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence announced Tuesday it had…

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