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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. The new hearing requires the ...
Editor’s note: This story was updated after initial publication to reflect the Texas attorney general’s filed motion and to include Roberson’s attorney’s response. Death row inmate Robert ...
Abbott's office said the Texas Supreme Court should throw out the subpoena, writing that the House committee has “stepped out of line” in their first public statement on the case. Rebuffed by the courts and Texas’ parole board in their efforts to spare Roberson’s life, legislators last Thursday subpoenaed Roberson to testify.
Advocates of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson are pleading for the state to halt its plans to execute him Thursday for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter – a crime Roberson says he did ...
His absence at a highly anticipated state House committee meeting was another twist in what has become one of Texas' most unusual and contested death row cases. A group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers have rushed to Roberson's defense, saying outdated science led to a jury convicting him of killing his 2-year-old daughter in 2002.
Abbott's office said the Texas Supreme Court should toss out the subpoena, writing that the House committee has “stepped out of line” in their first public statement on the case. Almost 90 lawmakers across party lines, medical experts and civil rights advocates had called on Abbott to stay his execution.
It does not include federal prisons or county jails, nor does it include the North Texas State Hospital; though the facility houses those classified as "criminally insane" (such as Andrea Yates) the facility is under the supervision of the Texas Department of State Health Services. Facilities listed are for males unless otherwise stated.
A subpoena requires the person therein named to appear and attend before a court or magistrate at the time and place, to testify as a witness. [37] Under the Uniform Rules of Criminal Procedure, the subpoena must state the name of the court and the title, if any, of the proceeding. It must command each person to whom it is directed to attend ...