Texas
Appeals court again won’t stop East Texas man’s execution in ‘shaken baby syndrome’ case
This is Robert Roberson III’s second plea to Texas’ Court of Criminal Appeals in recent months to intervene ahead of his Oct. 17 execution by lethal injection...
The state’s top criminal court declined to stop the impending execution of an East Texas man for reportedly shaking his daughter to death, attorneys and lawmakers announced Friday.
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