AUSTIN, Texas (KETK) - The Texas Supreme Court denied a petition from the Texas House of Representatives on Friday and ruled that a committee subpoena can't block a scheduled execution like Robert Roberson's was on Oct. 17. 
	
		Texas Supreme Court halts execution of East Texas man accused in shaken baby syndrome case	   The Texas House of Representatives Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence had asked the court for a writ of mandamus that would s…

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Texas Supreme Court blocks committee from stopping future execution in Roberson case

Subpoena from Texas legislature caused court to pause Robert Roberson’s planned October execution

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Execution of ‘shaken baby’ death row inmate can go ahead despite dramatic reprieve

56-year-old Robert Roberson has been convicted of killing his two-year-old daughter by strangling her.

56 år gamle Robert Roberson er dømt for å ha drept sin to år gamle datter ved å filleriste henne.

Høyesterett i Texas gir grønt lys for henrettelse av mann dømt for filleristing

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The Texas Supreme Court gives the green light for the execution of a man convicted of ragging

The Supreme Court of Texas authorized this Friday that capital punishment be applied against a man who had been convicted of causing the death of his two-year-old daughter by shaking her and whose execution had been temporarily suspended in mid-October. Legislators from both parties in the Texas House of Representatives, who believed that Robert Roberson deserved a new trial, had stopped the execution by issuing a legislative summons for the def…

El Tribunal Supremo de Texas autorizó este viernes que se aplique la pena capital contra un hombre que había sido condenado por provocar la muerte de su hija de dos años al sacudirla y cuya ejecución se había suspendido temporalmente a mediados de octubre.Los legisladores de ambos partidos en la Cámara de Representantes de Texas, que creían que Robert Roberson merecía un nuevo juicio, habían detenido la ejecución al emitir una citación legislati…

El Supremo de Texas autoriza la ejecución de un hombre que mató a su hija al sacudirla

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The Texas Supreme Court authorizes the execution of a man who killed his daughter by shaking her

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The Supreme Court of Texas on Friday removed its temporary block on the execution of Robert Roberson, saying that Texas legislators’ subpoenas can’t be used to halt death row inmates’ scheduled executions. But the ruling came after Roberson’s execution, which…

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Texas Supreme Court removes temporary block to Roberson’s execution

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the execution of Robert Roberson can move forward once again. Roberson is thus poised to become the first person to die after a conviction under shaken baby syndrome, which his supporters say has been debunked since the 2002 death of his 2-year-old...

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Texas Court Clears Way for Controversial Execution

WASHINGTON.- The Texas Supreme Court authorized Friday that the death penalty be imposed against a man who had been convicted for causing the death of his two-year-old daughter by shaking her and whose execution had been temporarily suspended in mid-October. Legislators from both parties in the Texas House of Representatives, who believed that Robert Roberson deserved a new trial, had stopped the execution by issuing a legislative summons for th…

WASHINGTON.- El Tribunal Supremo de Texas autorizó este viernes que se aplique la pena capital contra un hombre que había sido condenado por provocar la muerte de su hija de dos años al sacudirla y cuya ejecución se había suspendido temporalmente a mediados de octubre.Los legisladores de ambos partidos en la Cámara de Representantes de Texas, que creían que Robert Roberson merecía un nuevo juicio, habían detenido la ejecución al emitir una citac…

Autorizan ejecutar a hombre, tras asesinar a su hija en Texas; alistarán fecha para la aplicación de la pena

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They authorize the execution of a man, after the murder of his daughter in Texas; they will list a date for the execution of the sentence

Washington, Nov. 15 (EFE) .- The Texas Supreme Court authorized this Friday that capital punishment be applied against a man who had been convicted of causing the death of his two-year-old daughter by shaking her and whose execution had been temporarily suspended in mid-October. Legislators from both parties in the Texas House of Representatives, who believed that Robert Roberson deserved a new trial, had stopped the execution by issuing a legis…

Washington, 15 nov (EFE).- El Tribunal Supremo de Texas autorizó este viernes que se aplique la pena capital contra un hombre que había sido condenado por provocar la muerte de su hija de dos años al sacudirla y cuya ejecución se había suspendido temporalmente a mediados de octubre. Los legisladores de ambos partidos en la Cámara de Representantes de Texas, que creían que Robert Roberson merecía un nuevo juicio, habían detenido la ejecución al e…

El Supremo de Texas autoriza ejecutar a un hombre que mató a su hija al sacudirla

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Death row inmate Robert Roberson is seen in an undated photo. Texas lawmakers subpoened Roberson in advance of a hearing Oct. 21, 2024, that called into question the “shaken baby syndrome” diagnosis used to send him to death row. His execution was halted in order to allow him the opportunity to testify, until the Texas Supreme Court Nov. 15 ruled against lawmakers’ attempt to delay the execution. (Photo: OSV News/Texas Department of Criminal Jus…

Texas Supreme Court blocks committee from stopping future execution in Roberson case

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