Texas death row inmate with autism receives widespread support to stop execution
Robert Roberson, a Texas death row inmate with autism, gains support to halt his execution scheduled for October 17 amid new evidence.
Five Death Row Inmates Live Out Final Hours as Executions Loom Around US
Five death row inmates in the U.S. are expected to be executed in the coming days, potentially bringing the total for the year to 18. The upcoming executions are scheduled for Friday, Tuesday and Thursday in South Carolina, Texas, Missouri, Alabama and Oklahoma.
Lawmakers, author John Grisham push clemency for East Texas man on death row
More than 80 state lawmakers, including Democrats and Republicans, have asked the governor to extend clemency to Robert Roberson.
Author John Grisham joins bid to save Texas death row inmate
Lawmakers in Texas, medical experts and the best-selling novelist John Grisham are pushing to save an autistic death row inmate whose daughter died in 2002 in a tragedy blamed on shaken baby syndrome.
Autistic Texas man facing execution seeks clemency with support from detective who convicted him: 'We were wrong'
Robert Roberson, an autistic Texan man who is scheduled for execution on October 17, 2024, has filed a formal clemency petition to the Governor of Texas and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, requesting either commutation of his death sentence to a lesser penalty or a 180-day reprieve to allow for a full review of the case.
The US is about to execute 5 men in 6 days. A look at the state of the death penalty
The United States is an outlier among developed nations when it comes to the ultimate punishment. One state has executed by ...
Lawyers file clemency petition for Texas man on death row for killing daughter in 2002
Lawyers and supporters are making a frantic, final push to save the life of Robert Roberson with a month left before his ...
Dad convicted of fatally shaking child is set to die. Why advocates say he’s innocent
She was given Phenergan — a drug that the FDA now warns against prescribing to some children — and sent home, according to ...
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Bizarre reason why death row inmate's final meal request caused ban across whole US state
State Senator John Whitmire said Brewer was trying to 'make a mockery' of the system with his ridiculous final meal order.
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Robert Roberson’s execution is a month away. Did investigators misunderstand his condition?
A bipartisan coalition of 86 Texas House representatives is asking the state for clemency in the case of Robert Roberson.
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Palestine Man facing death penalty files for clemency
A group of advocates for a Palestine man on death row filed a petition on Tuesday to stop his execution just 30 days before ...
Death Row chef who cooked for hundreds of inmates refused to serve one last meal
Brian Price is known as the 'Death Row chef' and has prepared 218 final meals for those on Death Row - however, he revealed ...
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Rare show of Texas bipartisanship urges clemency for death row inmate scheduled to die on Oct. 17
Robert Roberson was convicted in 2002 of shaking his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, to death at his home in Palestine, Texas. Shaken baby syndrome is a controversial child abuse theory that has since ...
Texas Is About 'To Execute Forrest Gump,' Lawyer Warns
Robert Roberson, who is autistic, is scheduled to be executed on October 17, with his supporters saying he could be put to ...
Bizarre reason death row inmate requested a lump of dirt for his last meal on Earth
A death row inmate requested that his final meal be a lump of dirt, and he had a bizarre reason for asking that. His jailors ...